[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59708-59712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29298]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 9723128]


Beylen Telecom, Ltd., Niteline Media, Inc., and Ron Tan; Analysis 
To Aid Public Comment and Agreement Containing Consent Order

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.

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SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged 
violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to 
Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft 
complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the 
consent order--embodied in the consent agreement (which is also 
attached)--that would settle these allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary, 
Room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Harrington, Federal Trade 
Commission, H-238, 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20580. (202) 326-3127. Paul Luehr, Federal Trade Commission, H-238, 6th 
St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-2236.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C. 46, and section 2.34 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice (16 CFR 2.34), notice is hereby 
given that the above-captioned consent agreement containing a consent 
order to cease and desist, having been filed with and accepted, subject 
to final approval, by the Commission, has been placed on the public 
record for a period of sixty (60) days. The following Analysis to Aid 
Public Comment describes the terms of the consent agreement (which is 
also attached) and the allegations in the accompanying complaint. An 
electronic copy of the full text of the consent agreement package can 
be obtained from the Commission Actions section of the FTC Home Page, 
on the World Wide Web, at ``http://www.ftc.gov/os/actions97.htm.'' A 
paper copy can be obtained from the FTC Public Reference Room, Room H-
130, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580 
either in person or by calling (202) 326-3627.
    Public comment is invited. Such comments or views will be 
considered by the Commission and will be available for inspection and 
copying at its principal office in accordance with section 
4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission's Rules of Practice (16 CFR 
4.9(b)(6)(ii).

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment

    The Federal Trade Commission has accepted, subject to final 
approval, an agreement containing a consent order from Beylen Telecom, 
Inc. (``Beylen''), NiteLine Media, Inc. (``NiteLine''), and Ron Tan 
(``Tan''). NiteLine and Tan have solicited consumers to download viewer 
software over the Internet in order to view computer images. Beylen has 
provided telecommunications and other services to NiteLine and other 
``audiotext'' entities that use telephone calls to provide information 
to, and collect money from, consumers.
    The proposed consent order has been placed on the public record for 
sixty (60) days for reception of comments by interested persons. 
Comments received during this period will become part of the public 
record. After sixty (60) days, the Commission will again review the 
agreement and the comments received and will decide whether it should 
withdraw from the agreement or make final the agreement's proposed 
order.
    This matter concerns allegations about the manner in which 
respondents solicited and billed consumers to use a software program to 
view adult images on the Internet. The Commission has issued a proposed 
draft complaint that sets forth the allegations to be resolved by the 
proposed administrative consent order. The draft complaint closely 
parallels the Commission's federal court complaint and amended 
complaint filed in FTC v. Audiotex Connection, Inc. CV-97 0726 (DRH) 
(E.D.N.Y. filed Feb. 13, 1997) against defendants allegedly engaged in 
activities similar or related to those of the respondents. The proposed 
draft complaint challenges three practices of the respondents. First, 
the draft complaint alleges that respondents NiteLine and Tan 
misrepresented that consumers could view adult images at no cost if 
consumers downloaded and used the respondents' purported ``viewer'' 
software. Second, the draft complaint alleges that respondents NiteLine 
and Tan failed to disclose or adequately disclose material aspects of 
the ``viewer'' program, including that the program would shut off a 
consumer's modem speakers, cut off the consumer's modem connection to 
his local Internet service provider, and automatically place an 
international telephone call from the consumer's modem to a remote 
Internet site. The draft complaint alleges that Beylen violated the law 
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providing the ``means and instrumentalities'' to carry out the two 
types of practices just described. Finally, the draft complaint alleges 
that respondents Beylen, NiteLine, and Tan caused consumers to receive 
deceptive telephone bills for calls that purportedly went to Moldova in 
Eastern Europe, when they actually only went to Canada.
    The proposed administrative consent order, published for comment 
with this notice, again closely parallels the consent order proposed in 
FTC v. Audiotex Connection, Inc. CV-97 0726 (DRH) (E.D.N.Y.). The 
proposed administrative consent order contains prohibitions designed to 
prevent respondents from engaging in similar acts and practices in the 
future. The proposed administrative consent order also contains 
monetary provisions designed to redress injury to consumers.
    Sections I and IIA of the proposed order prohibit respondents from 
engaging in the types of activity alleged in the draft complaint. Part 
IIB of the proposed order requires the respondents to obtain written or 
contractual assurances from third parties that calls will go to the 
destination for which charges are assessed on a consumer's telephone 
bill.
    Section III requires the respondents to contribute to a redress 
fund established pursuant to the consent order proposed in FTC v. 
Audiotex Connection, Inc. CV-97 0726 (DRH) (E.D.N.Y.). Money from this 
fund is to be paid to long-distance carriers so that they can issue 
credits to consumers through their telephone bills. A portion of the 
redress fund also is be paid to the FTC so that the Commission or its 
agent can refund some consumers directly.
    Sections IV, VI, and VIII require the respondents to maintain 
copies of business records related to using the Internet to place 
international long-distance telephone calls; to provide copies of the 
order to certain of the company's personnel; to notify the Commission 
of any change in employment or corporate structure that might affect 
compliance with the order; and to file compliance reports with the 
Commission. Section VII forbids the defendants from distributing any 
version of their ``viewer'' program to third parties.
    The proposed administrative consent order does not contain a 
``sunset'' provision that would terminate the order twenty years after 
it is issued or after a complaint is filed in federal court.
    The purpose of this analysis is to facilitate public comment on the 
proposed order. It is not intended to constitute an official 
interpretation of the agreement and proposed order or to modify in any 
way their terms.

Beylen Telecom, Ltd. and Niteline Media, Inc., corporations, and Ron 
Tan, individually and as an officer of Niteline Media, Inc.

Agreement Containing Consent Order

    The Federal Trade Commission has conducted an investigation of 
certain acts and practices of Beylen Telecom, Ltd., NiteLine Media, 
Inc., corporations, and Ron Tan, individually and as an officer of 
NiteLine Media, Inc. (``proposed respondents''). Proposed respondents, 
having been represented by counsel, are willing to enter into an 
agreement containing an order resolving the allegations contained in 
the attached draft complaint. Therefore,
    It is hereby agreed by and between Beylen Telecom, Ltd. and 
NiteLine Media, Inc., by their duly authorized officers, and Ron Tan, 
individually and as an officer of NiteLine Media, Inc., and counsel for 
the Federal Trade Commission that:
    1a. Proposed respondent Beylen Telecom, Ltd., is a corporation 
organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws 
of the Cayman Islands with its principal office or place of business at 
Genesis Building, PS Box 2097, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British 
West Indies.
    1b. Proposed respondent NiteLine Media, Inc. is a New York 
corporation with its principal office or place of business at 7302 19th 
Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11204.
    1c. Proposed respondent Ron Tan is an individual residing within 
the State of New York and is an officer and shareholder of NiteLine 
Media, Inc. Individually or in concert with others he formulates, 
direct, or controls the policies, acts, or practices of NiteLine Media. 
His principal office or place of business is the same as that of 
NiteLine Media, Inc.
    2. For the purpose of this Order, proposed respondents admit all 
the jurisdictional facts set forth in the draft complaint.
    3. The proposed respondents waive:
    (a) Any further procedural steps;
    (b) The requirement that the Commission's decision contain a 
statement of findings of fact and conclusion of law;
    (c) All rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or 
contest the validity of the Order entered pursuant to this agreement; 
and
    (d) Any claim under the Equal Access To Justice Act.
    4. This agreement shall not become part of the public record of the 
proceeding unless and until it is accepted by the Commission. If this 
agreement is accepted by the Commission, it, together with the draft 
complaint, will be placed on the public record for a period of sixty 
(60) days and information about it publicly released. The Commission 
thereafter may either withdraw its acceptance of this agreement and so 
notify proposed respondents, in which event it will take such action as 
it may consider appropriate, or issue and serve its complaint (in such 
form as the circumstances may require) and decision in disposition of 
the proceeding.
    5. This agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not 
constitute an admission by any of the proposed respondents that the law 
has been violated as alleged in the draft complaint, or of any 
wrongdoing whatsoever, or that the facts as alleged in the draft 
complaint, other than the jurisdictional facts, are true.
    6. This agreement contemplates that, if it is accepted by the 
Commission, and if such acceptance is not subsequently withdrawn by the 
Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.34 of the 
Commission's Rules, the Commission may, without further notice to 
proposed respondents, (1) issue its complaint corresponding in form and 
substance with the attached draft complaint and its decision containing 
the following Order in disposition of the proceeding, and (2) make 
information about it public. When so entered, the Order shall have the 
same force and effect and may be altered, modified, or set aside in the 
same manner and within the same time provided by statute for other 
orders. The Order shall become final upon service. Delivery of the 
complaint and the decision and Order to proposed respondents' attorneys 
as stated in this agreement by any means specified in Section 4.4(a) of 
the Commission's Rules shall constitute service. Proposed respondents 
waive any right they may have to any other manner of service. The 
complaint may be used in construing the terms of the Order. No 
agreement, understanding, representation, or interpretation not 
contained in the Order or in the agreement may be used to vary or 
contradict the terms of the Order.
    7. Proposed respondents have read the draft complaint and the 
following Order. They understand that they may be liable for civil 
penalties in the amount provided by law and other appropriate relief 
for each violation of the Order that occurs after it becomes final.

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Definitions

    For purposes of this Order, the following definitions shall apply:
    1. ``Beylen'' means Beylen Telecom, Ltd. and its successors, 
assigns, shareholders, officers, agents, servants, employees, and those 
persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual 
notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting 
through any corporation, subsidiary, division, or other device.
    2. ``NiteLine'' means NiteLine Media, Inc. and its successors, 
assigns, shareholders, officers, agents, servants, employees, and those 
persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual 
notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting 
through any corporation, subsidiary, division, or other device.
    3. ``Ron Tan'' means Ron Tan a/k/a Roeun Tan, individually, and in 
his capacity as an officer and shareholder of NiteLine Media, Inc., and 
his successors, assigns, officers, agents, servants, employees, and 
those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive 
actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether 
acting through any corporation, subsidiary, division, or other device.
    4. Unless otherwise specified, ``respondents'' shall mean Beylen 
and NiteLine, corporations, their successors and their officers; Ron 
Tan, individually and as an officer of NiteLine; and each of the 
above's agents, representatives and employees. Unless otherwise 
specified, ``respondent'' shall mean NiteLine, Ron Tan or Beylen.
    5. ``Commerce'' shall mean ``commerce'' as defined in Section 4 of 
the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 44.
    6. ``Clearly and Conspicuously'' shall mean as follows:
    In an advertisement communicated through an electronic medium (such 
as television, video, radio, and interactive media such as the Internet 
and online services), the disclosure shall be presented simultaneously 
in both the audio and video portions of the advertisement. Provided, 
however, that in any advertisement presented solely through video or 
audio means, the disclosure may be made through the same means in which 
the ad is presented. The audio disclosure shall be delivered in a 
volume and cadence sufficient for an ordinary consumer to hear and 
comprehend it. The video disclosure shall be of a size and shade, and 
shall appear on the screen for a duration, sufficient for an ordinary 
consumer to read and comprehend it. In addition to the foregoing, in 
interactive media the disclosure shall also be unavoidable and shall be 
presented prior to the consumer incurring any financial obligation. The 
disclosure shall be in understandable language and syntax. Nothing 
contrary to, inconsistent with, or in mitigation of the disclosure 
shall be used in any advertisement.
    7. ``Document'' is synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the 
usage of the term in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a), and 
includes writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, audio and 
video recordings, computer records, and other data compilations from 
which information can be obtained. A draft or non-identical copy is a 
separate document within the meaning of the term.
    8. ``David.exe'' means a software program that, as alleged in the 
Commission's draft complaint, a respondent has promoted, offered, 
distributed, or provided on web sites as a ``viewer,'' which consumers 
may download, install, and execute, and which dials an international 
long-distance telephone number for which a fee is charged.
    9. ``Eligible Consumer'' means a telephone subscriber that was 
billed for international long distance calls to Moldova from December, 
1996 through February, 1997 to one of the telephone numbers listed in 
Schedule A, annexed hereto.
    10. ``Relevant Charges'' means the dollar amount billed by AT&T, 
MCI, Sprint or another long distance carrier to an Eligible Consumer 
for international long distance calls to Moldova from December 1996 
through February 1997, to one of the telephone numbers listed in 
Schedule A, annexed hereto.

I.

    It is therefore ordered that, in connection with using the Internet 
to place international long distance telephone calls, each respondent 
shall not violate Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 45(a) by:
    A. Representing, either directly or by implication, that consumers 
may download, install, activate or use a computer software program to 
view computer-stored images without cost, unless there are no costs to 
consumers arising from such activity.
    B. Representing, either directly or by implication, that a consumer 
may view computer-stored images by downloading, installing and 
activating a software program known as ``David.exe'' or any other 
substantially similar software, unless such respondent clearly and 
conspicuously discloses, in close proximity to the representation, any 
material facts concerning costs and consequences to a consumer that 
result from downloading, installing, and activating such software, 
including, but not limited to, the following:
    1. That the consumer's computer will terminate its modem connection 
to the consumer's usual Internet service provider;
    2. That the consumer's modem will dial an international long-
distance telephone number and establish a long-distance telephone 
connection with some remote location outside the United States;
    3. (a) A statement that ``International long distance telephone 
charges to [insert country of call termination] apply''; and
    (b) Either:
    (i) a statement that ``This call may cost you as much as [insert 
the maximum estimate of possible per-minute tariffed charge available 
through one of the three largest U.S. long-distance carriers (e.g. MCI, 
Sprint or AT&T hereafter ``a major U.S. carrier'')] per minute''; or
    (ii) a stated range of possible costs-per-minute for the call, 
where the maximum possible per-minute charge available through a major 
U.S. carrier is disclosed at least as prominently as any lower estimate 
of possible charges, and the lower estimate is based on a non-
promotional standard tariffed charge available through a major carrier, 
and there is a clear and conspicuous disclosure of the following 
statement: ``To determine your exact per-minute charges, contact your 
long distance carrier.''; and,
    4. That, once connected, the consumer's computer modem will not 
terminate the international long-distance telephone connection to the 
remote service provider unless and until: (a) the consumer terminates 
the connection by using a ``disconnect'' feature that is displayed on 
the screen throughout the connection; OR (b) the call is terminated 
automatically after some specific, stated period of time (e.g. after 5 
minutes); OR (c) the consumer turns off the power switch to his 
computer or modem, or takes other drastic and unusual action to 
terminate the telephone connection, if neither (a) nor (b) above are 
applicable.

II.

    It is further ordered  that:
    A. Each respondent shall not violate Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 45(a) by directly causing international long-distance 
charges to appear on the telephone billing statement of any consumer 
when such call does not, in

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fact, go to the international destination for which charges are 
assessed; and
    B. Each respondent, when contracting with any entity for 
international call charges to appear on any consumer's telephone bill, 
shall include written terms in such contract requiring calls to go to 
the destination for which charges are assessed on a consumer's 
telephone bill. If, at the time of the entry of this Order, a 
respondent has an existing contract with another entity that arranges 
call charges to appear on any consumer's telephone bill, the respondent 
may satisfy the requirements of this Section by obtaining from that 
entity a letter or other written assurance that calls go to the 
destination for which charges are assessed on a consumer's telephone 
bill.

III.

    It is further ordered that:
    A. Pursuant to the Consent Decree and Order proposed in FTC v. 
Audiotex Connection, Inc., CV-97 0726 (DRH) (EDNY) (``the Consent 
Decree''), and after the entry of such Consent Decree, Eligible 
Consumers charged by AT&T or MCI for telephone calls involving 
David.exe shall, to the extent possible, receive a credit on their 
monthly telephone bill equal to the amount of the Relevant Charges. To 
the extent an Eligible Consumer has already been credited such an 
amount in full, no additional credit shall be extended. To the extent 
an Eligible Consumer has received a partial credit, only the remaining 
balance of the original Relevant Charge shall be credited. The process 
for issuing the credits to Eligible Consumers will be administered by 
AT&T and MCI, respectively, and monitored and/or audited by the FTC. 
The reasonable costs of the two carriers arising from the issuance of 
credits for the Relevant Charges and from such administration of 
credits shall be reimbursed by the escrow agent by deducting and paying 
to AT&T and MCI, respectively, the amounts stated below.
    B. Pursuant to the Consent Decree and Order proposed in FTC v. 
Audiotex Connection, Inc., CV-97 0726 (DRH) (EDNY), and after the entry 
of such Consent Decree, a Redress Escrow Account shall be established 
at a bank with a branch located in the State of New York, and Joel 
Dichter, Esq., shall be designated as the sole escrow agent and 
signatory to this Redress Escrow Account. In addition to the funds 
deposited by the defendants in FTC v. Audiotex Connection, Inc., the 
respondents shall deposit sufficient funds into the Redress Escrow 
Account as are necessary to enable the escrow agent to distribute the 
funds, consisting of a total deposit of all sums provided by Section 
IIIB(1) and (2), below, contemporaneously with a deposit of the $60,000 
provided by Section IIIB(3), in the following manner:
    1. AT&T shall be distributed the sum of $660,000 toward the cost of 
administering the credit to consumers provided by Section IIIA, above, 
and toward reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses associated with 
calls to the Moldova telephone numbers;
    2. MCI shall be distributed the sum of $99,302.57 toward the cost 
of administering the credit to consumers provided by Section IIIA above 
and toward reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses associated with 
calls to the Moldova telephone numbers;
    3. Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) shall be distributed to the 
Federal Trade Commission and shall be used, where practicable, to 
provide redress to Eligible Consumers charged by an international long-
distance carrier other than AT&T or MCI (hereinafter referred to as 
``Eligible Non-AT&T/MCI Consumers''). The Commission, in its sole 
discretion, may use a designated agent to administer redress for 
Eligible Non-AT&T/MCI Consumers. If the Commission, in its sole 
discretion, determines that redress to consumers is wholly or partially 
impractical, any funds up to Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) not so 
used shall be paid to the United States Treasury. The respondents shall 
be notified as to how such funds are disbursed, but shall have no right 
to contest the manner of distribution. Eligible Non-AT&T/MCI Consumers 
shall have 90 days from the Court's entry of the Consent Decree to 
request a refund. If the Commission or its designated agent determine 
within 120 days from the entry of the Consent Decree that the cost of 
issuing and administering refunds to Eligible Non-AT&T/MCI Consumers 
exceeds Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), the Commission or its 
designated agent shall so notify the escrow agent, and an additional 
sum of money not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) shall 
be distributed by the escrow agent to the Commission for redress to 
Eligible Non-AT&T/MCI Consumers. To the extent that the escrow agent is 
not notified in writing by the Commission within such 120 day period 
that all or a portion of the additional Twenty Thousand Dollars 
($20,000.00) is required by the Commission for redress purposes, the 
$20,000.00 or remaining portion thereof not required by the Commission 
for redress purposes shall be released from the Redress Escrow Account 
and distributed promptly by the escrow agent to any contributing 
defendant in FTC v. Audiotex Connection, Inc. and/or any contributing 
respondent.
    C. The respondents unilaterally agree to comply with this 
administrative Order after the Commission votes to accept it and during 
the 60-day comment period before the Order becomes final. Should the 
respondents distribute funds during that period to the Redress Escrow 
Account, in amounts sufficient to commence the redress program under 
the Consent Decree in FTC v. Audiotex Connection, Inc., such payment 
shall fulfill the respondents' redress obligations under Section IIIB 
above.

IV.

    It is further ordered that for a period of three years after the 
date of entry of this Order, each respondent shall maintain, and make 
available to the FTC upon reasonable notice, documents that, in 
reasonable detail, accurately, fairly, and completely reflect such 
respondent's activities related to using the Internet to place 
international long distance telephone calls including:
    A. 1. Representative written and, if distributed in audio format, 
audiotaped copies of all solicitations, advertisements, or other 
marketing materials actually used;
    2. The number, frequency, and average duration of calls to any 
international, tolled telephone numbers advertised or promoted directly 
or indirectly by such respondent, as well as the payments received and 
payments made for such calls;
    3. The portion of the contract or the other written assurance 
referenced in Section IIB of this Order; and,
    Records that reflect, for every consumer complaint or refund 
request received from any consumer to whom such respondent has sold, 
billed or sent any goods or services, or from whom such respondent 
accepted money for such goods or services, whether received directly or 
indirectly or through any third party:
    1. the consumer's name, address, telephone number and the dollar 
amount paid by the consumer;
    2. the written complaint or refund request, if any, and the date of 
the complaint or refund request;
    3. the basis of the complaint and the nature and result of any 
investigation conducted concerning the validity of the complaint;
    4. each response from the respondent(s) and the date of the 
response;
    5. any final resolution and the date of the resolution; and

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    6. in the event of a denial of a refund request, the reason for 
such denial.

V.

    It is further ordered that, to enable the Commission to monitor 
compliance with the provisions of this Order, for a period of three 
years after the date of entry of this Order:
    A. Each corporate respondent shall notify the FTC in writing, 
within thirty (30) days of: (1) any reorganization, name change, 
dissolution, change in majority ownership, or any corporate change that 
may affect compliance obligations arising under this Order; and (2) any 
affiliation with any new business entity (including but not limited to, 
any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, sole 
proprietorship or corporation) in connection with using the Internet to 
place international long distance telephone calls, such notification to 
include: (a) the name of the business entity; (b) the address and 
telephone number of the business entity; (c) the names of the business 
entity's officers, directors, principals and managers; and (d) a 
summary description of the business entity's intended activities; and
    B. Each individual respondent shall notify the FTC in writing, 
within thirty (30) days of the discontinuance of his current business 
affiliation or employment with a corporate respondent, or of his 
affiliation or employment with any new business entity (including but 
not limited to, any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, 
sole proprietorship or corporation) in connection with using the 
Internet to place international long distance telephone calls, in the 
latter case such notification to include: (a) the name of the business 
entity; (b) the address and telephone number of the business entity; 
(c) the names of the business entity's officers, directors, principals 
and managers; and (d) a summary description of the business entity's 
intended activities; and
    C. Each respondent shall designate its counsel as authorized to 
accept service of all documents related to this Order.

VI.

    It is further ordered that each respondent shall not provide or 
distribute to any person, except for a court, counsel for the 
respondents, counsel's consultants, agents of the Commission or other 
law enforcement authorities, or others as ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, copies of ``David.exe'' or ``david7.exe'' or 
any substantially similar software.

VII.

    It is further ordered that for a period of three years after the 
date of entry of this Order, each respondent shall in connection with 
any business using the Internet to place international long distance 
telephone calls:
    A. Provide a copy of this Order once to, and obtain a signed and 
dated acknowledgment of receipt of the same from, each affiliate, 
subsidiary, division, sales entity, successor, officer, director, 
shareholder, employee, agent or representative of such respondent; and
    B. Maintain, and upon reasonable notice make available to 
representatives of the Commission, the original and dated 
acknowledgments of the receipts of copies of this Order required by 
Section VIIA above.

VIII.

    It is further ordered that where required by this Order, written 
notice to:
    A. The Commission shall be effected by serving papers, by personal 
delivery or certified mail, addressed to: Associate Director, Federal 
Trade Commission, Division of Marketing Practices, Sixth Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 238, Washington, DC 20580; and
    B. The respondents shall be effected by serving papers, by personal 
delivery or certified mail, addressed to: Joel R. Dichter, Klein, 
Zelman, Rothermel & Dichter, L.L.P., 485 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 
10022.

IX.

    It is further ordered that each respondent shall, within 180 days 
after the date of entry to this Order, file with the Commission a 
report, in writing, setting forth the manner and form of compliance 
with this Order.

X.

    It is further ordered that, to the extent that this Order may 
conflict with any federal law or regulation which is later enacted or 
amended, such law and not this Order shall apply where such a conflict 
exists. For the purposes of this Order, a conflict exists if the 
conduct prohibited by this Order is required by such federal law or if 
conduct required by this Order is prohibited by such federal law.

Attachment A--List of Moldova Phone Numbers

373-955-1100
373-955-1111
373-955-1200
373-955-1300
373-955-1400
373-955-1500
373-955-1600
373-955-2000
373-955-2010
373-955-2020
373-955-2030
373-955-2222
373-955-2400
373-955-2401
373-955-2402
373-955-2403
373-955-2404
373-955-2405
373-955-2406
373-955-2407
373-955-2408
373-955-2409
373-955-2410
373-955-2411
373-955-2419
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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