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 compla> 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.