For those of you who work and inhabit the real estate web space, this is one situation that should be of special interest to you. Please take the time out of your busy schedules to read and become aware of the facts regarding this case. I believe once you do, you’ll see how important it may be to all of us in the real estate industry. Most times injustice speaks for itself. This is definitely one of those times.

Here is a list of blog posts on this issue from some friends and colleagues of mine who have done a great job of discussing the entire situation: Sarasota MLS Begs for Negative Publicity. And, for those of you who believe strongly that NAR’s policy on the use of the term MLS is misguided and has had some terrible unintended consequences, please sign the petition at FreeTheMLS.com.

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We ran across this item the other day in the NAR Newsletter and thought a synopsis might be helpful. A link to the actual Final Rule is provided below.

The Federal Trade Commission has revised its rules implementing the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM). Can-Spam regulates commercial emails and since its enactment in 2005, has clarified what qualifies as a commercial email subject to the Acts requirements. The revisions to the rules help in part to clarify the following four items:

1. What constitutes an acceptable method for opting out of future emails;
2. Revised definition of “sender”, clarifying to whom the rules apply when the email contains multiple advertisements;

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