Pinball Corporation RIP?

Pinball Corporation is a company that bought the remnants of Zango, a company that had a reputation for pushing slimeware. Last year I pointed out a case where Pinball Corp were clearly not keeping an eye on the actions of their affiliates, and other people have been critical of them too.

Well, there's potentially some good news.. because according to the Washington State Corporations Division, Pinball Corp became inactive on the 2nd May 2011.

PINBALL CORP.

UBI Number	602918125
Category	REG
Profit/Nonprofit	Profit
Active/Inactive	Inactive
State Of Incorporation	DE
WA Filing Date	09/02/2010
Expiration Date	09/30/2011
Inactive Date	05/02/2011
Registered Agent Information
Agent Name	BUSINESS FILINGS INCORPORATED
Address	1801 WEST BAY DR NW STE 206
City	OLYMPIA
State	WA
ZIP	98502
Special Address Information
Address
City
State
Zip

Governing Persons

Title	Name	Address
President,Treasurer	Scott, Joel	One Market Plaza Spear Tower Fl 19 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Secretary	Siefer, Serena	One Market Plaza Spear Tower Fl 19 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Director	Chandratillake, Suranga	3600 136th Pl SE BELLEVUE, WA
Director	Service, Matthew	3600 136th Pl SE BELLEVUE, WA

Of note is that although the corporation appears to be inactive, the website at pinballcorp.com is still running and with no notice about the change of company status. Where Pinball Corp's affiliates stand is unknown, but given the deceptive business practices of a number of them, then I don't think too many people will be shedding a tear.

But why has the company apparently become inactive? It turns out that Pinball Corp is a wholly owned subsiduary of a UK firm called Blinkx plc, and the "inactive" date coincides almost exactly with Burst Media (for $30m). Perhaps Blinkx decided that Pinball Corp was no longer something that they wanted to have in their expanded portfolio?