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U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law

Posted by timothy on from the oh-yes-do-please dept.

extra88 writes "Bush has signed the Do-Not-Call Registry into law. The registry will be run by the FTC and funded by fees collected from telemarketers. Telemarketers can be fined up to $11K for calling someone on the list. Politicians, surveys (loophole?) and charities are exempt from using the list. The FCC oversees certain industries (airlines, banks and phone companies) and will have to "buy in" to the registry for it to affect those industries. Slashdot covered this story when the bill went through House of Representatives."

4 of 525 comments (clear)

  1. FFEKP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First Fuck Eric Krout Post!

  2. Re:Woo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I head Al Quaeda was calling around posing as the FDNY and asking for donations!

  3. That isn't funny. by Osama+bin+Ladin · · Score: -1, Troll

    You should give them all of your money. For Allah.

  4. Re:sign up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Read the article, dumbass. It will be.