United States of America v. Impulse Media Group Inc

Filing 24

DECLARATION of Seth Schermerhorn filed by Defendant Impulse Media Group Inc re 23 MOTION for Summary Judgment (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Webmaster Home Page# 2 Exhibit B - Web Master Join Page# 3 Exhibit C - Terms and Conditions)(Apgood, Robert)

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United States of America v. Impulse Media Group Inc Doc. 24 Case 2:05-cv-01285-RSL Document 24 Filed 09/05/2006 Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF SETH SCHERMERHORN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 1 HON. ROBERT S. LASNIK UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. IMPULSE MEDIA GROUP, INC., a Washington corporation, Defendant. I, Seth Schermerhorn, upon my oath do declare and say as follows: 1. stated matters; 2. 3. I am the President of the Defendant in this matter, Impulse Media Group, Inc; Impulse Media Group, Inc. ("Impulse Media") and its directors, officers, employees and I am at least eighteen years of age and could and would be able to testify to the herein No. CV 05-1285L DECLARATION OF SETH SCHERMERHORN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT agents did not originate, transmit, or otherwise initiate any of the e-mail message complained of by the Plaintiff in the above-captioned case; 4. The e-mail messages complained of in Plaintiff's Complaint and supplied to the Defendant were sent by third parties not under the control of Impulse Media; 5. As part of its marketing efforts, Impulse Media operates a sales program (the "Soulcash" program) whereby independent third parties may refer potential sales to Impulse Media; 2400 NW 80th Street #130 Seattle, Washington 98117 (206) 624-2379 - (206) 784-6305 (fax) CARPELAW PLLC Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:05-cv-01285-RSL Document 24 Filed 09/05/2006 Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6. When an independent third party ("Web Master") wishes to participate in the Soulcash program, it must apply for permission to join the program. In order to make this application, the Web Master visits a Web site devoted solely to the promotion of the Soulcash program, located at http://www.soulcash.com. A copy of the initial, or "home" page is attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; 7. The Web Master desiring to join the Soulcash program must then access the sign up page by clicking on the hypertext link "Sign Up Now!" found on the "home" page, whereupon he is presented the "sign up" page. A copy of the "sign up" page is attached hereto as Exhibit "B"; 8. After completing the information form found on the "sign up" page, the Web Master must then affirmatively selects the checkbox whereby he agrees to the terms and conditions referenced on the "sign up" page in order to be considered for the Soulcash program. A complete copy of the Soulcash Program Agreement (the terms and conditions) for Web Masters is attached hereto as Exhibit "C"; 9. Paragraph 2.3 of the Soulcash Program Agreement unambiguously prohibits violations of the CAN-SPAM Act and the Federal Trade Commission's Adult Labeling Rule (the "Adult Labeling Rule") regulating the sending of unsolicited electronic mail wherein it states: 2.3 That you will not use any form of mass unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news group postings, IRC posting or any other form of "spamming" as a means of promoting Your Website or for the purpose of directing or referring users to any SoulCash Websites. You further acknowledge and agree that We have the right to immediately, and without notice, terminate your participation in the Program if we, in our sole and exclusive judgement, conclude that you have engaged in the use of any form of mass unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news group postings, password selling or trading, warez, IRC posting or any other form of "spamming". NOTE: WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SPAMMING. IF YOU SPAM, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE TERMINATED, YOU WILL BE BARRED FROM FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND ALL FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE TO YOU WILL BE FORFEITED TO THE COMPANY. 10. Impulse Media aggressively enforces paragraph 2.3 of the Soulcash Program Agreement and has terminated from the Soulcash program those Web Masters who have violated Impulse Media's terms, including its terms related to the CAN-SPAM Act and the Adult Labeling Rule, when promoting Impulse Media's offerings; DECLARATION OF SETH SCHERMERHORN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT - 2 2400 NW 80th Street #130 Seattle, Washington 98117 (206) 624-2379 - (206) 784-6305 (fax) CARPELAW PLLC Case 2:05-cv-01285-RSL Document 24 Filed 09/05/2006 Page 3 of 3 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com

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