Source: http://www.fcc.gov/print/node/47697
Timestamp: 2014-07-26 18:15:13
Document Index: 563206647

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 64', '§ 227', '§ 64', '§ 153', '§ 153', '§ 227', '§ 227', '§ 64', '§ 227', '§ 227']

“Contractor” means any person John David or any Company engages, whether as an independent contractor, vendor, service provider, or otherwise, to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device, to transmit or send any Advertisement to a telephone facsimile machine, on behalf of John David or any Company. (k)
“Covered Employees” means all employees, Contractors, and agents of John David, or any Company, who perform duties, supervise, oversee, or manage the performance of duties that relate to responsibilities of John David, or any business he controls, under this Consent Decree and the Unsolicited Facsimile Rules.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Bureau releases the Adopting Order. (m)
“Established Business Relationship” and “EBR” shall have the meaning set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(f)(6). (n)
“Investigation” means the investigation commenced by the Bureau regarding whether any Company or John David violated 47 U.S.C. § 227 and 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(4). (o)
“Operating Procedures” means the standard, internal operating procedures and compliance policies established by John David, or any Company, to implement the Compliance Plan. (p)
“Parties” means Companies, John David, and the Bureau, each of which is a “Party.”
“Person” shall have the meaning set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 153(39). (r)
“United States” shall have the meaning set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 153(58).
“Unsolicited Advertisement” shall have the meaning set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(5). (u)
“Unsolicited Facsimile Rules” means 47 U.S.C. § 227, the Commission’s regulations found in 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(4), and other Communications Laws governing Unsolicited Advertisements. (v)
“Voluntary Contribution” means the payment made by John David or any Company to the United States Treasury pursuant to this agreement and described at paragraph 16 of this Consent Decree.
2. Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 to address problems of abusive telemarketing, including junk faxes.4 Unsolicited faxes often impose unwanted burdens on the recipient, including costs of paper and ink, and making fax machines unavailable for legitimate messages. Section 227(b)(1)(C) of the Act thus makes it “unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States . . . to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send, to a telephone facsimile machine, an unsolicited advertisement.”5 3. On July 21, 2006, in response to a Complaint alleging that “America’s Toner” had faxed Unsolicited Advertisements, the Bureau issued a citation to “America’s Toner” for using a telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send Unsolicited Advertisements to telephone facsimile machines.6 Subsequently, based on additional Complaints, the Commission released four Notices of Apparent Liability (NALs) against “America’s Toner,” finding that the Company apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Section 227 of the Act and Section 64.1200(a)(4) of the Rules, and proposing a total forfeiture of $1,184,500 against “America’s Toner.”7 4. “America’s Toner” filed responses indicating that, among other things, it had ceased sending Advertisements by facsimile. It also submitted the 2004, 2005, and 2006 tax returns of “Fiducia, Inc. dba Americastoner.com” to demonstrate that “America’s Toner” was unable to pay the forfeitures proposed in the NALs.8 4 Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, Pub. L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat. 2394 (1991) (codified at 47 U.S.C. § 227). See also Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-21, 119 Stat. 359 (2005).5 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C