F.T.C. v. VERITY INTERN., LTD.

No. 00 CIV 7422 LAK.

124 F.Supp.2d 193 (2000)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. VERITY INTERNATIONAL, LTD., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Hodapp, David M. Torok, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Patrick J. Coyne, Richard H. Kjeldgaard, Scott A. Sinder, John E. Villafranco, Collier Shannon Scott PLLC, Washington, DC, Guy Petrillo, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Defendants operate a billing service for Internet pornographers. Web sites containing what defendants euphemistically refer to as adult content ascertain the telephone numbers from which visitors to the sites accessed the Internet through a system known as Automatic Number Identification ("ANI"). Defendants then bill the subscribers of those telephone numbers — who may or may not be the same persons who accessed...

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