September 30, 2003

Do-not-call enforcement again in doubt

And the DO NOT CALL beat goes on...Can the will of 50 Million people be thwarted? The solution is to give customers the ability to opt out of the various categories of callers separately. Politicians will not like this solution and it will be an operational nightmare, I believe.

"The battle over the do-not-call list has resulted in a whirlwind of legal and legislative activity over the past two weeks.
In his decision last week, Nottingham said the FTC's attempt to exempt political and charitable organizations amounted to unconstitutional discrimination against commercial sales calls.
Unsolicited calls from political and charitable organizations can be just as annoying to consumers as calls from commercial entities, the judge said. But while Nottingham blocked the FTC program, a federal appeals court on Friday refused to stay parallel do-not-call rules adopted by the FCC. The FCC rules require telemarketers to abide by the do-not-call list, which is maintained by the FTC."

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