FC: Jim Lippard on Dept of Homeland Security's illegal faxspam

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 19:11:20 PDT

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    Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:09:43 -0700
    From: "James J. Lippard" <lippardat_private>
    To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>
    Subject: Re: FC: Dept of Homeland Security wants to be, illegally... anonymous?
    
    Yes, this violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 USC 227
    for statute, 47 CFR 64.1200 for FCC regulations).
    
    The TCPA also prohibits pre-recorded advertisements to residences, and
    requires that pre-recorded calls contain identification information
    about the caller.
    
    George W. Bush's 2002 "get-out-the-vote" campaign for Republicans
    violated the TCPA with a pre-recorded call that did not meet the
    identification requirements of the law--one hundred million calls.
    (At the $500 minimum statutory damages for each violation, that's $50
    billion in violations.)
    
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    Jim Lippard        lippardat_private       http://www.discord.org/
    GPG Key ID: 0xF8D42CFE
    
    
    
    
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