Do Not Call II

[Limeoutsider]

Are you one of the 50 million people who signed up for the National Do Not Call Registry hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)? A federal judge just ruled in opposition to the Registry. Judge Lee R. West decided that the FTC has no authority to "promulgate a national do-not-call registry." This, of course, makes telemarketing companies happy because this list would result in an estimated $50 billion loss in sales each year. Chairman of the FTC wrote in a written statement, "We will seek every recourse to give American consumers a choice to stop unwanted telemarketing calls."



Which means we'll all have to get caller ID and that telezapper thing

 

[R. Davis]

Telemarketing companies always looking for a loop hole.

 

[WraithTickler]

I see this as being annoying but not an overly big problem. The ruling merely states the FTC went too far. We'll endure those calls a bit longer, but our reps in congress are not stupid and will seek to please the populace to get re elected.

I imagine in the very near future we'll see some legistalation passed to expand the FTC's authority so as to close this loophole and unplug telemarketers once and for all.