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<p>Not everyone behind a cancelled AdSense account has Mr. Greenspan's
tenacity. But if they did, imagine how much clearer the rules would be.</p>
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<p>Not everyone behind a cancelled AdSense account has Mr. Greenspan's
tenacity. But if they did, imagine how much clearer the rules would be.</p>
<p> </p>
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<p><img alt="david vs goliath" height="273" src="http://api.ning.com/files/6o6XmVslJsYldL91IazDSZhppfmkjAGpFwG7Jw7k2ug0b2x1EfYeSGnKQfd8*BWzX849xKIrEE8Hnfj3oXU4ssD4rmFBNmL1/DavidGoliath.jpg" style="float: right; border: 0; margin: 8px;" width="227" /></p>
<p><strong>Lowly AdSense publisher Aaron Greenspan had his day in court with Google...and won. Goliath was slapped with a $721 judgement, plus an extra $40 in court fees.</strong></p>
<p>Almost exactly a year ago, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/why-i-sued-google-and-won_b_172403.html" title="aaron greenspan google">Mr. Greenspan</a> added his site, <a href="http://www.thinkcomputer.com/" title="think computer corporation">Think Computer Corporation</a> to the AdSense roster of publishers. Nine months later his account was cancelled and the $721 he was owed by Google was never paid.</p>
<p>Google never gave Greenspan a reason for the cancellation, and claimed it didn't have to. According to the AdSense T&Cs, as well as the Google paralegal who represented the search behemouth in Santa Clara county small claims curt in Pala Alto, "Google can terminate your account for any reason."</p>
<p>Tell it to the judge - well, actually, that's what Google did. His response: "But you couldn't terminate my account because of the color of my eyes,
could you? I have brown eyes. You couldn't terminate my account because
of that."</p>
<p><img style="float: right; border: 0; margin: 8px;" src="http://api.ning.com/files/6o6XmVslJsYldL91IazDSZhppfmkjAGpFwG7Jw7k2ug0b2x1EfYeSGnKQfd8*BWzX849xKIrEE8Hnfj3oXU4ssD4rmFBNmL1/DavidGoliath.jpg" alt="david vs goliath" width="227" height="273" /></p>
<p><strong>Lowly AdSense publisher Aaron Greenspan had his day in court with Google...and won. Goliath was slapped with a $721 judgement, plus an extra $40 in court fees.</strong></p>
<p>Almost exactly a year ago, <a title="aaron greenspan google" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/why-i-sued-google-and-won_b_172403.html">Mr. Greenspan</a> added his site, <a title="think computer corporation" href="http://www.thinkcomputer.com/">Think Computer Corporation</a> to the AdSense roster of publishers. Nine months later his account was cancelled and the $721 he was owed by Google was never paid.</p>
<p>Google never gave Greenspan a reason for the cancellation, and claimed it didn't have to. According to the AdSense T&Cs, as well as the Google paralegal who represented the search behemouth in Santa Clara county small claims curt in Pala Alto, "Google can terminate your account for any reason."</p>
<p>Tell it to the judge - well, actually, that's what Google did. His response: "But you couldn't terminate my account because of the color of my eyes,
could you? I have brown eyes. You couldn't terminate my account because
of that."</p>
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