Commissioner Jon Leibowitz was the sole dissenter in the FTC’s 4-1 decision against DirectRevenue and issued a separate statement.
“In this consent agreement, Commission staff obtained strong injunctive relief that will put an end to practices that allowed DirectRevenue to foist unwanted software on untold millions of consumers. But the $1.5 million in monetary relief that the Commission obtained as part of the consent agreement is a disappointment because it apparently leaves DirectRevenue’s owners lining their pockets with more than $20 million from a business model based on deceit.”
“I would rather go to trial and risk losing than settle for a compromise that makes an FTC action just a cost of doing business.”
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz. (PDF)
The settlement statement (PDF) notes that it “does not constitute an admission that the law has been violated as alleged.”
No news there, DirectRevenue has a long history of denial and blaming affiliates.
Direct Revenue’s Dirty Documents by Ben Edelman
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