---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200425202918.GA19184@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:29:18 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Current and Former CenturyLink Residential and Small Business Customers May Be Eligible for a Payment from a Settlement A FEDERAL COURT AUTHORIZED THIS NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FROM A LAWYER. A settlement ("Settlement") has been proposed in a class action involving customers who had an account for local or long distance telephone, internet, or television services with a CenturyLink Operating Company. CenturyLink denies it did anything wrong and the Court has not decided who is right. https://centurylinkmdlclasssettlement.com/Home/portalid/0 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200423212040.GA4973@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:20:40 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Second Circuit Invites All The Party Plaintiffs To The Disco With Broad Definition Of ATDS Under The TCPA by Lisa S. Yun and Shannon Petersen In Duran v. LaBoom Disco, Inc., No. 19-600-cv (2d Cir. Apr. 7, 2020), the Second Circuit joined the Ninth Circuit in expansively defining Automatic Telephone Dialing System ("ATDS") under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The Second Circuit held, like the Ninth Circuit before, that ATDS includes automated texts/calls to consumers from stored lists, while the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits have held the opposite, requiring that an ATDS make texts/calls not only automatically, but from a list of randomly generated numbers. The Second Circuit decision highlights the growing Circuit split on the issue and potentially foreshadows a date with the Supreme Court. For now, the decision will likely encourage TCPA class action plaintiffs to fill their dance cards in New York and other states in the circuit. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protection-act/921222/the-second-circuit-invites-all-the-party-plaintiffs-to-the-disco-with-broad-definition-of-atds-under-the-tcpa?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200423210349.GA4469@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:03:49 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Consuming And Creating Digital Media In The Era Of COVID-19: Copyright Rules To Remember by Matthew Estabrooks and Barbara Walczak The imposition of social distancing and self-isolation measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 means that many of us are staying home far more than usual. Not surprisingly, consumption of digital media has spiked as we all turn to movies, music, and video games to stave off the boredom (and to occupy our kids so we can get some work done!). https://www.mondaq.com/canada/operational-impacts-and-strategy/920412/consuming-and-creating-digital-media-in-the-era-of-covid-19-copyright-rules-to-remember?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 26 Apr 2020