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Telemarketers' suit says do-not-call list violates free speech

Telemarketers' suit says do-not-call list violates free speech

Telemarketers have made another legal attempt to postpone the government's do-not-call list, saying the national registry goes against freedom of speech and will cause millions of layoffs. Freedom of speech is not simply the personal right of individuals to have their say it is also the right of the rest of us to hear them. This regulation, which allows consumers to sign up for a ``do-not-call'' list that places them off-limits to telemarketing calls, takes that right away from both the caller and the receiver.
Beginning in September, telemarke...

Posted by: Geraint Watts

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