Do-Not-Call List Could Be Opened For Phone Spam

Wick_7654 submits a link to this story at the Chicago Sun-Times, which begins "The agency overseeing the national Do Not Call Registry is considering opening a loophole to allow companies to deliver 'pre-recorded message telemarketing.' The effort is being organized by Allen Hile of the FTC's division of marketing practice. Be sure to let the FTC know how you feel about it." The proposed change specifies that recorded calls would be allowed only when an "established business relationship" exists, but provisions like that tend to be stretched to absurdity.

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How 'bout we just make all telemarketting illegal.

[Refrozen]

How 'bout we just make all telemarketting illegal. Actually! While we are at it, lets make all forms of advertising illegal! That's obviously how we SHOULD be doing things.

Why stop there? Lets make breathing illegal, and allow Microsoft to patent eating!

This makes some sense

[pammon]

We don't demand that every e-mail we receive from a company be typed by hand. (Would we really want Amazon to hand-type our order confirmations?) Why demand it for the phone? When I have an overdue library book, the library automatically calls me to let me know. This is a great use of an automated phone recording system. I recognize there is a potential for abuse, but preventing all recorded phone calls is a far too broad solution. Limiting what a qualifies as a "business relationship" makes more sense.

Re:Are you insane?

[Snaller]

No. In fact, ever since I added our phone number to the federal do-not-call list, telemarketing calls have in fact stopped

Yeah, and it only took, what 50-60 years before they finally got around to that? ...the conversation goes something like this:

Wouldn't it be quicker just to say: "Piss off" ? ;)