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Namely, he had two other websites that had content and he had ads on that were valid uses of adsense. Whether the $761 was divided 60/40 or 10/90 is hard to sa

Namely, he had two other websites that had content and he had ads on that were valid uses of adsense. Whether the $761 was divided 60/40 or 10/90 is hard to say. One website should not void your terms for other (fair-use) sites.

Semiapies 17y ago
The other websites are not separate matters, though. They're all services provided as part of an agreement that he violated. And it looks like he violated that agreement knowingly and flagrantly.
- invisible 17y ago
  Google saying that it is against their TOS doesn't make the legality of it valid. Yes, he "may" have been in the wrong for THAT site (although google did introduce a service two days later for his situation), but their conditions for refusal of service are horribly "evil." (Do they even refund the adwords users that had to pay?)
  - tokenadult 17y ago
    Google saying that it is against their TOS doesn't make the legality of it valid. It's called freedom of contract, which is a bedrock principle of law in any country with a thriving economy.
    - Ardit20 17y ago
      Is there really freedom when you sign that contract though? Freedom of contract refers to cases where both parties are able to negotiate. In this particular case this goes under unfair contractual terms, which is the way the law protects the small guy against the big guy who only has one contract and you either accept it or not. It is like a supermarket saying that we will not refund products of a very low quality. Your option is either to not buy anything in any supermarket, cus sure if it was legal they all would want to have that term in their contract, or buy and have no way of recourse.
  - stanleydrew 17y ago
    I'm pretty sure they do refund the money to the advertisers. See the story here: http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Google-Adsense-Not-Worth-the-Time-Not-Worth-the-Effort.380377/1 http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Google-Adsense-Not-Worth... "And the worst part about this all is that it states in the AdSense Terms of Service (TOS) that Google has the right to suspend any account without prior notification or explanation, and refund all of the earnings in that account to the respective advertisers."

Semiapies 17y ago

The other websites are not separate matters, though. They're all services provided as part of an agreement that he violated. And it looks like he violated that agreement knowingly and flagrantly.

invisible 17y ago
Google saying that it is against their TOS doesn't make the legality of it valid. Yes, he "may" have been in the wrong for THAT site (although google did introduce a service two days later for his situation), but their conditions for refusal of service are horribly "evil." (Do they even refund the adwords users that had to pay?)
- tokenadult 17y ago
  Google saying that it is against their TOS doesn't make the legality of it valid. It's called freedom of contract, which is a bedrock principle of law in any country with a thriving economy.
  - Ardit20 17y ago
    Is there really freedom when you sign that contract though? Freedom of contract refers to cases where both parties are able to negotiate. In this particular case this goes under unfair contractual terms, which is the way the law protects the small guy against the big guy who only has one contract and you either accept it or not. It is like a supermarket saying that we will not refund products of a very low quality. Your option is either to not buy anything in any supermarket, cus sure if it was legal they all would want to have that term in their contract, or buy and have no way of recourse.
- stanleydrew 17y ago
  I'm pretty sure they do refund the money to the advertisers. See the story here: http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Google-Adsense-Not-Worth-the-Time-Not-Worth-the-Effort.380377/1 http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Google-Adsense-Not-Worth... "And the worst part about this all is that it states in the AdSense Terms of Service (TOS) that Google has the right to suspend any account without prior notification or explanation, and refund all of the earnings in that account to the respective advertisers."