Cyberspace.com sent mailings to millions of people with a check for $3.50. On the back of the check, in fine print, it said if you signed and cashed the check, you subscribed to the company's Internet access service. A quarter million people signed the checks. Most never used the Internet service but were billed for it.
Was it an unfair and deceptive trade practice as the FTC claimed? [FTC v. Cyberspace.com LLC, 453 F. 1196, 9th Cir. (2006]