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Federal court rules Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not apply to commercial SMS text messages sent to cellular phones. The ruling came a few weeks ago in Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, No. C 06-2893 CW, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46325 (N.D. Cal. June 26, 2007), a case involving the transmission of an SMS text message promoting a popular author's "mobile club" to a cellular phone used by a seven-year-old child. The defendants, the publishing company that contracted for the transmission of the promotional messages and the service provider that actually sent the messages, argued that the subscriber, the child's mother, had consented to the transmission of promotional messages when, in order to receive a free ringtone, she checked the box in an online form labeled "Yes! I would like to receive promotions from Nextones affiliates and brands…." http://brownraysman.typepad.com/technolo… --------------------------------------…
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The court also ordered Mr. Zuccarini to pay attorneys' fees of more than $30,000. http://tcattorney.typepad.com/domainname… --------------------------------------…
D.C. Consumer Protection Act--There for the little guy
Mr. Ford hired a lawyer to pursue a "personal injury" claim on his behalf. His attorney requested medical records from Washington Hospital Center and a received a bill from Chart One. Chart One is a company that medical providers contract with to provide their medical records. Chart One had the nerve to charge Mr. Ford's attorney $38.16 for just six pages of medical records. (read rest on link) http://washingtondc.injuryboard.com/auto… --------------------------------------…
Spam to Cell Phone Violates Telephone Consumer Protection
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