Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have agreed to pay a total of US$31.5 million to resolve claims that they promoted illegal gambling, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Microsoft will pay $21 million, Google will pay $3 million and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million, the DOJ said in a news release. The three companies neither contest nor admit they promoted illegal online gambling by running advertisements for gambling Web sites between 1997 and June of this year.

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(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Cøbra on 20 Dec 2007 - 12:18
Wow, Microsoft got pwned.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 20 Dec 2007 - 14:14
Quote - (Cøbra said @ #1)
Wow, Microsoft got pwned.


Yep. Microsoft got owned, but Google and Yahoo sailed through untouched.
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by C_Guy on 20 Dec 2007 - 16:19
Ummm no, $21 is not enough to change ownership of the company.

And yeah, I would say paying one seventh the amount Microsoft has to pay is basically being "untouched".
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by +xDayan on 20 Dec 2007 - 13:26
^
They sure did
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by C_Guy on 20 Dec 2007 - 16:17
"The three companies neither contest nor admit they promoted illegal online gambling"

Then why pay?
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 20 Dec 2007 - 16:43
Quote - (C_Guy said @ #3)
"The three companies neither contest nor admit they promoted illegal online gambling"

Then why pay?


Because they didn't police their ads, and they deserve it.
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by lbmouse on 21 Dec 2007 - 16:07
Quote - (C_Guy said @ #1)
Then why pay?


They are basically entering a plea of Nolo Contendere or "no contest". If they admitted guilt it might raise other issues and/or lawsuits (including civil ones).
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