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Closed captioning reminder: starting March 30, 2013, video programming that is or was aired live or “near live” on TV must be captioned when distributed online

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 1 2013

The time is drawing near for the next phase of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements implementing the 21st Century Communications and

Advisory on potential traps for the unwary in new FCC prerecorded telemarketing rules updated with announcement of compliance deadlines

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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October 17 2012

Be sure to check out the update to our advisory that outlined the amended FCC automatedprerecorded telemarketing rules

Stricter FCC prerecorded telemarketing rules coming sooncompliance deadlines set

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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October 16 2012

Our March 15, 2012 advisory below described how the FCC revised its telemarketing rules in an attempt to reconcile them with parallel FTC regulations, but in doing so exceeded what the FTC did in a couple of key areas

Second Federal Court tackles absence of closed captions in Netflix web-streaming

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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July 27 2012

California’s Northern District decides websites are not “places of public accommodation” under the ADA, the opposite of a recent District of Massachusetts ruling

Federal Court holds in ADA suit that Netflix web streaming can be “place of public accommodation”

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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June 27 2012

A federal district court in Massachusetts has rejected arguments by Netflix that its “Watch Instantly” streaming website is not a “place of public accommodation” under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and accordingly refused to dismiss the complaint in National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require closed captioning of videos at the site

Unanimous Supreme Court invalidates FCC’s “fleeting expletives” indecency decisions

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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June 20 2012

On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided FCC v. Fox Television Stations by holding that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decisions targeting “fleeting” broadcasts of allegedly indecent material were unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause

Compliance deadlines set for FCC online video closed captioning rules

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 30 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Order (R&O) on Closed Captioning of Internet-Protocol-Delivered Video Programming appeared today in the Mar. 30, 2012 Federal Register

Stricter FCC prerecorded telemarketing rules coming soonincluding some that go beyond what the FTC already requires

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 14 2012

On Feb. 15, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued new rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) that primarily sought to reconcile the FCC’s regulations for prerecorded telemarketing with rules the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued several years ago, as we described here

FCC updates automatedprerecorded telemarketing rules to mirror FTC requirements for prior written, signed consent, automated opt-outs, and related regulations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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February 17 2012

The Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order that revises its rules governing automatedprerecorded telemarketing to modify the consent and opt-out requirements for such calls

FCC adopts closed captioning rules for online video programming

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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January 17 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order (R&O) establishing rules for the closed captioning of video programming delivered via Internet protocol (i.e., IP video), as required by the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA