Unless federal officials can convince the courts that the list does not violate free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the list will not be implemented as expected.
Since when is advertising protected free speech? Didn't Nike just lose a case based on this idea 3-4 months ago?
Seriously, how hard is it to just hang up on them? I find the blood donating facility to be ten times more intrusive then any telemarketing call. I mean, you give once and they contiually hound you every 6 months until you donate again. And that type of activity isn't even covered under this bill.
Yes, but you can have them remove you from their call list and if they continue calling you can file telephone harrassment charges against them. No one has the right to make repeated unwanted calls.
If the government suddendly made telemarketing illegal. Then perhaps these pricks would have a case. However, it is a *voluntary* list. People, by putting themselves on the list, are saying they do not want to be solicited.
Last time I checked, you had a right to refuse unwanted solicitation.
Aabidano wrote:[Since when is advertising protected free speech? Didn't Nike just lose a case based on this idea 3-4 months ago?
No the Nike suit was brought about because they said that they stopped using 3rd world sweatshop labor when really they absolutly did not stop using it. In fact they even opened up more factories in 3rd world countries where they could hire as many slaves as they could. When watchdog groups took them to court over it, Nike representatives claimed that they were excercising their first amendment right when they lied. Yes Nike executives really are that out of touch with the world.
kyoukan wrote:Nike representatives claimed that they were excercising their first amendment right when they lied.
I was fairly sure that 'advertising is free speech' argument is what caused them to lose the suit. Of course they really didn't have anything else to fall back on. Speech made for soley and specifically for commercial gain doesn't fall under the first amendment.
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