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From: ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!John_David_Galt@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Mercury Marketing Again
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Date: 13 Oct 90 05:02:59 GMT
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I have also gotten some annoying sales calls from the Mercury, though
not lately.  At least they seem to obey the law against having a
computer initiate the call, without a human being talking to you
first.  There are several companies, including one in San Jose, which
are still flouting this law and appear to be getting away with it.

It occurs to me that many of us could creatively define our
terminating equipment as "computers," and sue these people under the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (a law which deals with the
unauthorized use of other people's computers, among other things).
I'm not a lawyer but would like to see this notion tested in front of
a jury.