Businesses Try to Gut Junk Fax Ban

An anonymous reader writes "The Telephone Consumer Protection Act prohibits junk faxes without first obtaining consent of the recipient but EPIC is reporting a bill is being proposed by congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to allow junk faxes that are now prohibited and to undo new rules that go into effect January 2005 that would have further tightened the junk fax ban. In keeping with congressional truth in naming rules, this bill that will allow more junk faxes is understandably titled 'The Junk Fax Elimination Act of 2004.' There will be a hearing Tuesday in the Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee. I'll be faxing my concerns and opposition to this bill to Mr. Upton and the Committee several times today."

Comments

Evil bit anyone?

[MarkGriz]

if (fax_status & JUNK_FAX_BIT)
disconnect();
else
print_fax();

It's titled truthfully, by polithink standards.

[Methlin]

"In keeping with congressional truth in naming rules, this bill that will allow more junk faxes is understandably titled 'The Junk Fax Elimination Act of 2004.'" It eliminates junk faxes by legalizing it, just like CAN-SPAM eliminates spam by legalizing (certain forms of) it. TADA! /sarcasm

A little backwards...

[thelenm]

I'll be faxing my concerns and opposition to this bill to Mr. Upton and the Committee several times today.

... in order to prove the point that your concerns are equivalent to junk?