---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <86mu1h1aab.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 23 Sep 2020 02:45:00 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Coronavirus: Scam calls on the rise KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - The U.S. government says scam calls are on the rise since the coronavirus pandemic began. The Federal Trade Commission is reporting it has received more than 130,000 complaints relating to COVID-19. https://www.wate.com/investigations/coronavirus-scam-calls-on-the-rise/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86wo0lvxix.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 23 Sep 2020 06:04:54 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Missed Call Leads To Craig Cunningham TCPA Victory by David O. Klein Those operating in the telemarketing space likely know of Craig Cunningham, a prolific filer of Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") lawsuits. The sheer number of Cunningham TCPA cases brought in recent years has inevitably led to decisions that make law, some good and some bad insofar as the industry is concerned. Recently, he prevailed in a decision issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that may make it more difficult for marketers to defend TCPA suits in that jurisdiction. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-branding/986410/missed-call-leads-to-craig-cunningham-tcpa-victory?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86wo0l1ao1.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 23 Sep 2020 02:36:46 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Forget 5G, AT&T is already looking towards the future 5G is meant to be the next-gen form of connectivity where it will offer considerably faster speeds than 4G, so much so that it is expected to open the doors to new industries and how we get certain things done. But it seems that while 5G has yet to become ubiquitous, AT&T is already looking way into the future with 6G. https://phandroid.com/2020/09/22/forget-5g-att-is-already-looking-towards-the-future/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86a6xgl13s.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 23 Sep 2020 19:55:19 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Strike 3 Saga: Turning BitTorrent Downloads Into A Copyright Infringement Settlement Machine Part 2 Appellate Courts Recognize Strike 3's Ability to Meet Standard for Early Discovery to Obtain John Doe Defendant's Name and Address While some bullheaded District Court judges have stopped Strike 3 in its tracks by denying its request for early discovery, most appellate courts to have considered the issue find that Strike 3's allegations of copyright ownership and illegal downloading of their works by an identifiable IP address are enough to permit Strike 3 to discover the IP address owner's name and address. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/strike-3-saga-turning-bittorrent-downloads-copyright-infringement-settlement-0 --- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ***** Moderator's Note ***** There are a number of artists (Janis Ian, for one) who distribute their works via BitTorrent and other online channels, without payment. If some mego-record-corp decides that it owns those works, I don't want to get sued for downloading them, just because I'm not a millionaire who could fight back. That's not even to mention the Linux binaries that I get via BitTorrent: if some preteder-to-the-Linux-throne *COUGH*Redhat*COUGH* decides to make an example of someone like me, what then? Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 24 Sep 2020