Gotta say, I'd be awfully tempted to sign the judge up for every harvester I could find for telephone, junk mail and email spam.
I always understood the constitutional protection was interpreted as a right to speak, not a right to force others to listen.
I still think the best remedy is found in contract rather than privacy. Put an End User Agreement on phone numbers and addresses, and invoice the companies for your provision of services in reviewing their marketing techniques.
I used to work for a company that sold Hardware & Software to inbound and Outbound companies, and all you have to do, when a Telemarketer calls you is say, "Please put me on your 'Master Do Not Call' List." That's it. They are _required_ by law to put you into their "Master Do Not Call" List, and if they call you once again, after you have requested to be put in there, they will be fined way more than they can handle. The last time I checked it was $20,000 per call per number. That's messed up. When Miriam and I first moved into the new apt, and got a new phone number, we had about 10 telemarketing calls total. After about 3 weeks, no more telemarketers..... EVER. True story. So don't get mad... Get Smart. Tell them to put you on their "Master Do Not Call List", and ask them for which company they work for. If after a 24 hour period you get another call from the same company, write it down, and send it to a Lawyer.
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Date: 2003-09-25 06:00 pm (UTC)I always understood the constitutional protection was interpreted as a right to speak, not a right to force others to listen.
I still think the best remedy is found in contract rather than privacy. Put an End User Agreement on phone numbers and addresses, and invoice the companies for your provision of services in reviewing their marketing techniques.
I seriously don't see why people have such a problem with this.
Date: 2003-09-26 06:33 pm (UTC)John W. Brese