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color:#1F497D'>Yeah, I look forward for the day companies that offer “Unlimited”
termination service per month begin to have their service categorized as “Illusory”
service. That would be sweet (and just).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean Collins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2009 10:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-biz] FW: "illusory" terms of service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>While not restricted to online websites I’m wondering if
some of the people on this list running USA based ITSP’s could be
affected by this court case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dean
Collins<br>
</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Cognation Inc<br>
</span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net"
title="blocked::mailto:dean@cognation.net mailto:dean@cognation.net"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>dean@cognation.net</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></a></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>+1-212-203-4357 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns1:State
w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"><ns1:place
w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>New York</span><span
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+61-2-9016-5642 (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns1:City
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w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sydney</span><span
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> in-dial).<br>
+44-20-3129-6001 (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns1:City
w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"><ns1:place
w:insAuthor="Dean Collins" w:insDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Dean Collins" w:endInsDate="2009-04-20T10:49:00Z"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>London</span><span
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> in-dial).</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Dean Collins <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2009 10:45 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> "illusory" terms of service</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>First posted at: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/illusory-terms-of-service.html">http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/illusory-terms-of-service.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#CCCCCC'><a
href="http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/illusory-terms-of-service.html">"Illusory"
terms of service</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Wow
I’m not sure how many people caught this or understood the ramifications
of it.<br>
<br>
I’m trying to do some additional research to find out what this means but
this ruling at </span><span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=104357">MediaPost.com</a></span><span
style='color:black'> this morning caught my eye.<br>
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</span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Lynn determined that
Blockbuster's contract with users was "illusory" because the
agreement said that movie rental store could change the terms and conditions at
any time.</span></em><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br>
<em>A Blockbuster spokesperson declined to comment on the case or state whether
the company will appeal. </em></span></i><span style='color:black'><br>
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</span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The decision is a blow to
Blockbuster because individual consumers would have had a difficult time
bringing cases one-by-one against the company. But the decision paves the way
for attorneys to argue that all consumers affected by Blockbuster's
participation in Beacon should be able to proceed as a class. </span></em><span
style='color:black'><br>
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</span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Internet law expert
Venkat Balasubramani said Lynn's decision invalidating Blockbuster's user
agreement was potentially far-reaching because many Web companies reserve the
right to make changes to their terms of service. "It seems broad and could
have impact on the terms of service used by a lot of different companies,"
he said.</span></em><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br>
</span></i><span style='color:black'><br>
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I’m fairly sure this has to be appealed as couldn’t this throw a
lot of User Agreements out the window? (I know it would affect my agreement at </span><span
style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.livebaseballchat.com/">www.LiveBaseballChat.com</a></span><span
style='color:black'> out the window).<br>
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Any thoughts about how this affects your business? Post below.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dean
Collins<br>
</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Cognation Inc<br>
</span><a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net"
title="blocked::mailto:dean@cognation.net mailto:dean@cognation.net"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>dean@cognation.net</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>+1-212-203-4357 New York<br>
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).<br>
+44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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