Re: State "no e-mail" lists
Rodney Whitaker wrote:
>Junk mail is Spam through the postal system. Telephone solicitors are
>distributing Spam over the telephone. Spam is sending junk mail
>electronically. Why
>is junk mail is an acceptable form of marketing, shouldn't Spam and
>telephone solicitation be as well?
The courts have pretty much shown a lag in their understanding of
technology issues. The DNC issue is just one more. The phone lines
are not like free air space, which are owned by the public.
Moreover, telephones are distinct in that they are the only
techno-devices over which the owner does not have complete control
over activation. That means that anyone can intrude on the owner
without that owner's consent in the owner's personal environment.
This is not like e-mail or postal mail, which arrives in an arm's
length receptacle, allowing the owner the option of opening. A phone
call can be a telemarketer or an emergency call from your child's
school; the device doesn't care.
The DNC should also apply to fax machines for this reason, as well.
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Received on Fri Oct 10 2003 - 10:27:27 CDT
