Businesses Try to Gut Junk Fax Ban

Posted by michael on Friday June 11, 2004 @01:20AM from the just-the-fax dept.

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."

1 of 22 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Why legislate? by philntc · 2004-06-11 01:43 · Score: 3, Interesting

If there is was ever a problem that can be solved through technology and not legislation this would be the one. (As opposed to the madness involved in technologies to "enforce" DRM).

How hard is it to filter calls from junk fax senders? There must be some solutions for this out there.