10th Circuit Says FTC Can Enforce Do Not Call

TCPALaw writes "Reuters is reporting that the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that the FTC can go ahead with administration and enforcement of the national Do-Not-Call list, staying a lower court ruling that blocked the FTC from implementing the list. Now I can sue those pesky telemarketers .. I have already gotten 3 telemarketing calls to the phone number I put on the national list since the list went into effect." Reader jhlund1976 points to the court's decision itself. Note, as strredwolf does, that this only means the FTC can "run the registry while a challenge from telemarketers winds its way through the courts." Strredwolf also points to the all-knowing Google News link.

Comments

Re:Back in my day

[calcifer]

are all your posts a trainwreck of cliches and old jokes mashed together into one steaming load of crap?

Re:Finally

[Evil Adrian]

So you want me to believe that the same company is calling you -- to the point of harassment -- at dinner time? So, over the course of (liberally) a 30 minute meal, you're receiving at least (conservatively) 3 telephone calls from the SAME COMPANY?

Let's stay in the realm of reality, shall we?

And it's "FUCKIN'". Ah, public education.

Re:Finally

[Evil Adrian]

I am here telling you that I tell them to not call me. I generally even say please first. Usually I say "Please do not call this number back. Thank you, Bye." or something similar, then wait to hear if they hangup or start talking. I will not speak after this point, even though I am listening. Only once did the telemarketer actually hang up the phone. The rest just ignored my polite request and continued to annoy me. After a couple of seconds I will then hangup.

If they ever call me back, at that point everything legally is in place for me to obtain a court order to keep the person out of my life.

You're missing the point: if you tell a telemarketer to not call you back, they won't. Can you actually show me documented proof that a telemarketer, or a single company, that you have told to specifically not call you back, has called you back? There are strict laws saying "once they say don't call me, you can't call them."

So we come back to the issue:

I personally do not feel I should be forced into getting court orders aginst the thousands of thousands of telemarketing companys out there.
Not to mention when they 'fold' and turn up under a different name, and the court order will not apply.

If you don't want people calling your phone number, it shouldn't be publicly listed. That's why people have private phone numbers, so they aren't bothered.

It disturbs me that people will piss on the First Amendment so easily for a little comfort. Hello, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are a bit more important than dodging a phone call. UNLIST YOUR NUMBER!!!