RealNetworks To Refund Swindled Subscribers

Source: IT Pro Portal

RealNetworks, the company that created the Real media player and pioneered music streaming in the late 1990s, has created a compensation fund to repay some users over its allegedly fraudulent e-commerce practices. A complaint filed by Washington st ...
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The latest moves and hires in the digital media and tech industry… Huffington Post Media Group: AOL’s Janet Balis has been appointed publisher of the Huffington Post Media Group, and Moritz Loew has been named head of sales specialist and SVP. Balis, ...
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RealNetworks agrees to refund customers

Source: Internet Retailer

Software and games retailer RealNetworks Inc. says it has agreed to settle a dispute with the Washington State attorney general’s office, which claimed the retailer engaged in unfair and deceptive practices that violated th ...
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Real Networks Agrees To Compensate Unwitting Subscribers

Source: KUOW

Seattle–based RealNetworks has agreed to give refunds to people who were charged for services they didn't want. The money is part of a settlement announced Thursday with the Washington state Attorney General's Office. But it applies t ...
Full article at: KUOW  More like this  1 day ago, 12:31pm CDT

RealNetworks to refund $2 million, 'guilt' box stays un-ticked

Source: Engadget

Paid for subscriptions from RealNetworks you didn't ask for a few years ago? You may be eligible for a refund. Washington State's Attorney General sued the company over a free trial of its Rhapsody music service, which had a ...
Full article at: Engadget  More like this  1 day ago, 8:33am CDT

NEWS BRIEF: $2M Rhapsody Suit, Yahoo Music (??), FB Camera, McCartney + Spotify, SOCAN & More

Source: Hypebot.com

RealNetworks has created a $2 million compensation fund for some allegedly unwilling RealPlayer and Rhapsody music streaming subscribers who have filed a complaint filed in Washington state over e-commerce practices. (ars) Add this one to ...
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RealNetworks sets up $2 million compensation fund for subscription services dispute

Source: The Verge

RealNetworks revealed this week that it plans to setup a $2 million compensation fund to refund customers who purchased subscriptions they didn't subscribe to. The Washington State Attorney General has been investigati ...
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RealNetworks settles e-commerce dispute w/ attorney general

Source: Telecom Paper

Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks said it has reached an agreement with the Washington State Attorney General over discontinued e-commerce practices. In accordance with the settlement agreement ...
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RealNetworks settles suit over unwanted monthly charges for $2.4 million

Source: TheNewsTribune.com

tool goes here Digital media provider RealNetworks will pay a $2.4 million settlement because of free trial subscriptions that resulted in unwanted monthly charges to customers, Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna announced. Digital media provi ...
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