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[Junk]Fax.com Fined $5.4 Million

Posted by michael on from the sometimes-you-do-get-what-you-deserve dept.

Satanboy writes "This article states that a record $5.4m fine was levied on Fax.com after blatantly ignoring requests by the FCC to discontinue the activity of sending unsolicited faxes. This is similar to actions CmdrTaco posted about earlier." The people at junkfax.org are apparently planning a large class-action suit against fax.com as well.

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  1. Finaly! by Xtraneous · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have a fax machine at my house, and every other week we get another junk fax. Hopefully the FCC's actions will stop some of these faxes. If only the same "remedies" worked against spammers...

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  2. They won't care by yakfacts · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The company will declare bankruptcy and walk away. They'll just start again and do it until they get caught.

    Some of our junk faxes here try very hard to look like they came from the benefits department at our "home office". But since our "benefits department" is in the next cubicle, I don't believe them.

  3. May not hold out long! by BWS · · Score: 2, Redundant
    A federal court in the US has ruled that the ban on solicited fax advertising is in violation of the first amendment(source: Politech-Bot).


    The full text of the ruling is here.


    The ruling is currently being appealed of couse, but as it stands right now what the spammers have done is prefectly legal. The FCC fine is a joke.


    You can also read the relevant K5 story.

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  4. you forgot 4 and 5 by schroet · · Score: 1, Redundant

    4. ???

    5. PROFIT!!!!