Opt-In Junk Fax Law Survives Court Challenge

An anonymous reader writes "From Privacy.org: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld (PDF) the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 against a First Amendment challenge. In the case, Missouri v. American Blast Fax, junk fax company Fax.com and Wal-Mart argued that the law violated the First Amendment because it imposes fines upon companies that send fax advertisements without the consent of the recipient. The case is the latest court victory for opt-in privacy laws." I hope the same logic is applied to spam.

IBM should patent Spam.

[B3ryllium]

If IBM patented Spam, the world would be a better place.

Re:Just Imagine...

[Anonymous Coward]

i think america is doing quite enough brute-forcing of civilization right now, thank you very much.

Re:IBM should patent Spam.

[B3ryllium]

Hmm, I hadn't known that. Makes perfect sense though :) How about USC Berkely? They could handle spam ... :)

Re:Has anyone actually tried to collect?

[Archfeld]

just reply back via fax using the taped roll method. Do it on a sunday at noon and when you run their fax machine dry of paper get a good chuckle :)

Re:not as hard to opt-out

[TummyX]

When the spammer knows that theres a real person at the receiving end they INCREASE the amount of spam they send you, and tell all of they're spamming friends


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