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	<title>Comments on: Affiliate Fortune Cookies Episode 22: Lost Weekend</title>
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		<title>By: Becky Ford</title>
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		<dc:creator>Becky Ford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ebates and FatWallet say they&#039;re unconcerned about the loyalty affiliate lawsuit, but I&#039;ve found out that Source, Inc. has gotten settlements out of a couple of other loyalty programs in the past (Upromise was one).  I think the fact that they filed suit in Marshall, TX, known for being friendly to patent trolls -- see http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Software/wtr_16280,300,p1.html?PM=GO -- is an indication that Source is just out to get fast settlements out of these companies, and not to shut them down permanently.

I know there&#039;s not a lot of love lost in the affiliate world for the loyalty programs like Ebates (though we consumers love &#039;em), surely there has to be some sympathy just in general for small business owners like the people behind QuickRewards.net and LittleGrad, who don&#039;t have the deep pockets required to fight off a nuisance suit like this and will probably have to cave in and settle for whatever Source wants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ebates and FatWallet say they&#8217;re unconcerned about the loyalty affiliate lawsuit, but I&#8217;ve found out that Source, Inc. has gotten settlements out of a couple of other loyalty programs in the past (Upromise was one).  I think the fact that they filed suit in Marshall, TX, known for being friendly to patent trolls &#8212; see <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Software/wtr_16280,300,p1.html?PM=GO" rel="nofollow">http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Software/wtr_16280,300,p1.html?PM=GO</a> &#8212; is an indication that Source is just out to get fast settlements out of these companies, and not to shut them down permanently.</p>
<p>I know there&#8217;s not a lot of love lost in the affiliate world for the loyalty programs like Ebates (though we consumers love &#8216;em), surely there has to be some sympathy just in general for small business owners like the people behind QuickRewards.net and LittleGrad, who don&#8217;t have the deep pockets required to fight off a nuisance suit like this and will probably have to cave in and settle for whatever Source wants.</p>
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