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2008-04-24, 02:14 AM | #1 | |
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Email from Topbucks
Just got this in my email:
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First off, it seems I'm being forced to comply with this "adult labeling rule" which, i'm not so sure about. in Part VI, B, 3 (page 16), it says that topbucks has to send a list of everyone that aggrees with this to the FCC. Umm.... It looks like you ONLY have to agree if you're marketing via email, but I think most webmasters wont even catch this. I only caught this because a fellow webmaster pointed it out via icq. Just think, after all this is over the FCC will have a list of pornographers names, addresses, numbers, etc. That CANNOT be good. So what do you guys think? |
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2008-04-24, 02:40 AM | #2 |
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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Got one too, I'm ignoring it, and certainly not worried about it.
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2008-04-24, 06:33 AM | #3 |
You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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They should concentrate on their conversion ratios which suck!
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2008-04-24, 08:23 AM | #4 |
Banned
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It sucks but like I told Greenie, if I have to be on a list, I would like to be on a list that says, "I'm legal".
In these trying times, who knows what other lists we may all be on already? |
2008-04-24, 08:29 AM | #5 |
NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them.
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Hey - as long as you dont mind the Feds having all your banking info as well as all of your pers info in the same database - shouldnt be a big deal Especially since those databases are so secure
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2008-04-24, 08:30 AM | #6 |
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I don't make any money with them anymore since I sold my link list and I'm thankful I don't. There's no way I'd be agreeing to that so they could send my name and address and who knows what else to the government.
If they are only looking for the email promoters fine. But who's to say they won't send everyone's info. I don't like it. |
2008-04-24, 08:53 AM | #7 |
What can I do - I was born this way LOL
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isnt that the fuckin truth, I'd post my ratios since jan but I won't, fuckin sad
I been waiting on one more sale to pull all there links, but after this, fuck it |
2008-04-24, 09:57 AM | #8 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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I wonder if this "Adult Labeling Rule" is something like the RTA Label or if it just applies to emails (where the subject starts with "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL" or whatever the rule that no one uses is)
I'm also confused as to - if this only applies to people that market via email - why everyone has to "sign" it. I've never marketed via email in my life, so why sign something that does not even apply to my business? Let me see if I can get a TB rep in here |
2008-04-24, 11:41 AM | #9 | |
Internet! Is that thing still around?
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Just to clarify, the only thing that is sent to the FTC is the Acknowledgment and your electronic signature. ONLY if Webmasters start promoting our program via mailings is when personal info will be sent to the FTC (it's against our terms so that shouldn't be occurring anyway). I hope this clears this up, if not please let us know. Thank you, Jenn Operations Supervisor TopBucks |
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2008-04-24, 12:19 PM | #10 |
NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them.
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Probably because the injunction also makes you responsible for the actions of any "sub-affiliates"
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2008-04-24, 12:27 PM | #11 |
Internet! Is that thing still around?
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Hello,
Please contact your TB account rep so they can look into your account. Thank you |
2008-04-24, 12:58 PM | #12 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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Jenn - does a person/company that has never promoted anything via email marketing have to electronically sign this? If so, why?
Also, what is this "Adult Labeling Rule" & where is it referenced in the injunction? Thanks |
2008-04-24, 01:09 PM | #13 | |
Lonewolf Internet Sales
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Looks pretty much like Cyberheat doing some CYA.
The highlighted comment below from their public statement a month ago caught my eye. Quote:
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2008-04-24, 01:19 PM | #14 |
NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them.
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Toby - they already did sell off that business - I believe the new company is called TBA or something like that
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2008-04-24, 01:36 PM | #15 |
Lonewolf Internet Sales
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OK, I'm confused. If they don't own or promote web sites then what is TopBucks?
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2008-04-24, 01:50 PM | #16 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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That's a good point Toby. If Cyberheat no longer owns Top Bucks, why do we care about this injunction?
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2008-04-24, 01:53 PM | #17 |
NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them.
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Interestingly - thats the first question my lawyer asked as well
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2008-04-25, 03:55 PM | #18 | |
If there is nobody out there, that's a lot of real estate going to waste!
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2008-04-28, 11:33 AM | #19 | |
Internet! Is that thing still around?
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Yes, everyone that has a TopBucks account needs to sign this. If you don't use mass emails as a way of promotion, you have nothing to worry about - no one on the TopBucks program should be as it's against our TOS. As the letter refers, the TopBucks affiliate program settled with the FTC over a CAN-SPAM suit that we previously had been fighting. Through fighting, we were able to negotiate many things to keep the information of TopBucks webmasters private and there are some few simple steps needed to be taken on our end which include: 1) Making sure all of our webmasters are informed of the settlement agreement and know that violations of CAN-SPAM are not tolerated. 2) Making sure we have up to date information from webmasters who participate in the program. We are only required to provide information to the government if your account violates CAN-SPAM Again, since the TopBucks program prohibits promotion via e-mail and there should be no accounts using email as a way to promote TopBucks sites, this just leaves a very simple record keeping update. The Adult Labeling Rule is mentioned in the first paragraph of the injunction.pdf file. CAN-SPAM and the Adult Labeling rule are both related to mass email. The short of it - the Adult Labeling Rule requires that senders use the phrase "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT: " in the subject line of sexually explicit e-mail messages and ensure that the initially viewable area of the message does not contain graphic sexual images. Here is more info on the ALR: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2004/04/040413...lfinalrule.pdf Please let me know if you have any further questions. |
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2008-04-28, 01:14 PM | #20 |
That'll teach you to leave your sister unattended.....
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Bottom line is we elected the idiots that make the laws that allow a program to be held responsible for the actions of a rogue affiliate.
Top Bucks was placed in the middle of a judicial squeeze - just like every producer is on 2257 issues. How many of you are willing to throw away thousands of dollars just to prove that a particular law is unjust? Personally I appreciate Top Bucks effort to keep as much separation between the actions of an affiliate and the liability of a program. Yes, I wish they had won a clear-cut victory but that's not always possible or economically feasible. Why did the feds pick on Top Bucks? Simple, big programs have the money to pay a fine - and they have enough affiliates to spread the fear of God throughout the adult community. If they were to attack one of my affiliates for the same thing, how much publicity do you think the feds could squeeze out of it? And they sure as hell couldn't ever get $400,000 from me....... Now it's up to us to start calling and writing our elected officials and screaming WTF! Just because I owned the house where the murder too place doesn't mean I had anything to do with the murder. Place the blame where it belongs - on our elected officials and the judicial system - not the program. |
2008-04-28, 01:39 PM | #21 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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I think the blame actually belongs with the spammer
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2008-04-28, 01:56 PM | #22 |
That'll teach you to leave your sister unattended.....
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True - and the feds should hang him - not the program.
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2008-04-28, 03:34 PM | #23 |
Progress rarely comes in buckets, it normally comes in teaspoons
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2008-04-28, 03:47 PM | #24 |
Asleep at the switch? I wasn't asleep, I was drunk
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well, i think we need to know who's the sinner...
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2008-04-28, 03:53 PM | #25 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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We know that - it was an offshore outsourcing company.
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