Opt-In Junk Fax Law Survives Court Challenge

An anonymous reader writes "From Privacy.org: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld (PDF) the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 against a First Amendment challenge. In the case, Missouri v. American Blast Fax, junk fax company Fax.com and Wal-Mart argued that the law violated the First Amendment because it imposes fines upon companies that send fax advertisements without the consent of the recipient. The case is the latest court victory for opt-in privacy laws." I hope the same logic is applied to spam.

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Oh, really?

[hackwrench]

And just what's so wrong with brute force?

Shape of Man..Revealed!

[ackthpt]

Hey, guess what, technology has lowered the bar for many things, but also for revealing the extent and depravity of human behaviour. These bottom-feeders complain about being treated unfairly when they want to behave unethically, the same as telemarketers and spammers. The real savings in their schemes is in passing the costs on the recipients, wasting time, wasting resources, tying up paid-for resources. It's a bit of a downer to see how many people, when they can commit such acts with anonymity will resort to such.

Small wonder that sh!t-heads like Alan Ralsky prize their privacy all the more once they've been revealed.