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Re: A New Way around the Do Not Call Lists ...

Sam Spade (Sam@coldmail.com)
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:38:02 -0700

Legal points well taken. Another aspect of consumer law is effective
enforcement. Without effective enforcement a law such as "do not
call" except for "thus and such" eventually is eroded over time.

There is no enforcement by any agency of this law. If you complain to
the FCC they will refer you to the FTC. The FTC merely compiles
statistics on violations.

mc wrote:

> Just as an aside ... I think what we are arguing about here is a very
> common kind of misunderstanding of the law by technologists.

> Laws are not computer programs. The words and phrases in laws are not
> self-defining. Laws have to be understood in context. One of the
> guiding principles of law is that technical loopholes generally do not
> work (which is a dramatic difference between laws and computer
> programs). Laws address intent and foreseeable effect. They are
> interpreted by courts, not just by the individuals who read them.

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