Originally posted by Elfie Seagoon is it possible to have your fax number changed?I had no idea that people spammed fax numbers with advertisements.Why hasn't spam been made illegal in the US yet?
Congress first addressed the issue of junk faxes in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, or TCPA. Although this legislation dealt broadly with larger issues of nuisance telemarketing tactics, it included provisions making it illegal for any person to send an unsolicited advertisement to a fax machine. 47 U.S.C. 227(b)(1)(C). The law further authorized the recipient of a fax sent in violation of the statute (or a regulation promulgated under the statute) to sue the sender in state court to enjoin further violation, recover for actual monetary loss from such a violation or $500 in statutory damages for each violation (whichever is greater), or both. 47 U.S.C. 227(b(3). The law also allows the court, in its discretion, to treble these damages if it finds the plaintiff violated the statute "willfully" or "knowingly".
Originally posted by Seagoon I'm tempted to actually start calling them (since its an 800 number) and just start talking to or evangelizing their operators every day. It seems obvious they want to have a long-term relationship with me and won't be dissuaded, and I've been resisting them for too long. Perhaps if I spoke to their operators for hours and hours it might help our relationship? What do you think? - SEAGOON
Originally posted by Mickey1992 Seagoon, do you own the fax machine, or does efax just provide the phone number and then email you the document?If so, I wonder if this is a loophole in the law, since Seagoon is not really receiving the fax via a fax machine.
Originally posted by eskimo2 I think they need to learn a bit more about the bible.
