shipped unordered merchandise to consumers and sent communications seeking payment for the unordered merchandise and.

debited consumers’ checking accounts on a recurring basis without obtaining consumers’ written authorization for preauthorized electronic fund transfers from the accounts, as required by the EFTA.

caused charges to be submitted for payment for video/DVD shipments without the express informed consent of consumers.

misrepresented that consumers can cancel their continuity program membership at any time.

failed to disclose adequately that the purchase of a video/DVD results in enrollment in a continuity program and the material terms and conditions of that program.

Specifically, the FTC charged that the defendants: The complaint also charged them with violating previous Commission rulings that shipping unordered merchandise and sending communications that seek to obtain payment for, or return of, merchandise shipped without the express consent of the recipient are unfair and deceptive acts or practices. The Commission’s complaint specifically charged Mantra and Francis with violating the FTC Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), and the Unordered Merchandise Statute. The FTC contended that the defendants’ advertising did not tell consumers how the continuity programs operated, failed to obtain consumers’ express consent to be enrolled, and did not give consumers an effective means to cancel their memberships once they were enrolled. Once consumers were enrolled in these programs, each month the defendants shipped additional, unordered videos and DVDs on a “negative-option” basis, charging consumers’ credit and debit cards for each shipment until consumers took action to stop the shipments. Mantra’s Alleged Business PracticesĪccording to the FTC, beginning in December 2000, the defendants enrolled consumers who responded to Internet and television ads advertising a single video or DVD into “continuity” programs. and its sole shareholder, officer, and director Joseph R. The order settles the FTC’s charges against the defendants, Mantra Films, Inc. The order prohibits the defendants from engaging in such conduct in the future. The defendants did not tell consumers clearly how the continuity programs operated, enrolled them without their consent, and automatically charged their debit or credit cards without their authorization for each of the unordered monthly shipments. Department of Justice filed on behalf of the FTC in late 2003.Īccording to the FTC, the defendants marketed ‘Girls Gone Wild’ DVDs and videos as part of continuity programs that resulted in monthly shipments of DVDs or videos to consumers who did not agree to receive them. Under the terms of a stipulated court order announced today, the sellers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ DVDs and videos will pay nearly $1.1 million as combined consumer redress and a civil penalty and will be barred from a wide range of activities detailed in a complaint the U.S.

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Competition and Consumer Protection Guidance Documents.Enforcement Show/hide Enforcement menu items.Shot in the signature grainy style of the famed, too hot for TV videos from the 90s, Thug and Future seem to be enjoying themselves as they bounce around the yacht, and whether it’s on the deck or in the cabin below and everywhere in between they’re surrounded by women. While the Beautiful Thugger Girls cut may sound like it should feature some sort of sappy video with love interests and the like, Thug and Future go the other way with the visual and fill up a yacht with girls and hit the ocean off the coast of Miami for a “Girls Gone Wild” romp. Whether that’s true or not, the mere idea of the duo making music, and the random clips of them in the studio that make it into social media get their fans in frenzy and with the beef rumors a thing of the past it’s good to see them come together for the video to Thug’s “Relationship.” They have sprinkled a few songs out here and there, but not nearly enough to quench the insatiable hunger for more collaborations from their fans. The long-held rumor is that Young Thug and Future have enough music recorded to release several projects together.

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