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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by themartorana on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:10PM (#9509260)
Wow. I totally missed this. It's not a horrible deal... 5 months in prison for $10M or so. Still feels weird being criminally prosecuted for breaking a TOS.
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by hga on Friday May 08, 2015 @06:58AM (#9510879)
Don't know about you, but for me there isn't any amount of money that's worth becoming a federal felon for getting.
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by rch on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:05AM (#9511064)
Sure there is. The time might be hard to take, but if the price is right I'd celebrate the label. Of course many actions that would justify such a label are out of bounds on principle, but the label itself is irrelevant (the cash covers job effects, and other restrictions).
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Re:Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened ... by yAnonymous on Friday May 08, 2015 @08:06AM (#9511070)
Becoming a felon by stealing money from the company that runs PayPal. I'd put that on my resume.
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