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Verizon and Google made headlines this week when they announced a joint policy proposal regarding Net Neutrality. While the statement itself largely follows the idealized view of Net Neutrality, there is one part that has a lot of people upset.  But they shouldn’t be…

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A colleague recently contacted me inquiring about some SMS marketing messages they had been receiving lately.  As far as they knew, they had not signed up for any SMS marketing, and the text message didn’t identify any way to opt out of the campaign.  As I explained to my colleauge, it sounded to me like this was the work of a Do-It-Yourself SMS Marketer…

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Are you waiting for the much rumored Verizon iPhone?  Well, you better get used to waiting.  Because according to Engadget, Apple has confirmed in court documents that AT&T has exclusive rights to the iPhone until 2012.

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In an effort to expand their customer lists, many businesses are including a suggestion to forward marketing emails to others using a “Forward to a Friend” option within their emails. This is an excellent way to share information with others who may be interested in receiving promotions or newsletters, and, after all, word-of-mouth or power of suggestion is a great way to reach potential customers. The question is: are these considered spam?

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Yet another court ruling has affirmed that SMS messages fall under the protection of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The Unites States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’ Eastern Division has found that a Twentieth Century Fox SMS campaign violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in 1995 when it sent unsolicited SMS messages to customers to promote the DVD release of its movie “Robots.”

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