on 5/31/02 5:10 PM, Troy Rollo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> the precedent established
>> with unsolicited faxes should carry the day.
> 
> Somebody said recently that the TCPA provisions regarding unsolicited faxes
> had never been challenged on constitutional grounds. I have not done any
> research to verify or contradict this.

They have - with one exception, a case in Missouri, it's been upheld. See:

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020502_ramasastry.html

Earlier, I'd been reading an interesting paper which held that the TCPA was
already applicable to email. Unfortunately, I can't put my hands on the
link, but the gist of the argument was that the typical computer satisfies
the definition of a fax machine as defined in the TCPA - and if it acts like
a fax machine, sounds like a fax machine, etc. - it's a fax machine. The
author pointed out a few problems with the theory, but it might make for an
interesting court case...

Dale

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