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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
NATIO!
THE BATTALIO
Do-not-call list still up in aii
FCC steps in to enforce list, Bush signs suppo
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By David Ho
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
bewildering tight between the
government and telemarketers
over the national do-not-call list
took another turn Monday when
a second federal agency said it
would enforce the program,
promising that consumers
would soon see some reduction
in telephone sales pitches.
The Federal
Communications Commission
said it would seek fines of up to
$120,000 against telemarketers
each time they call people on the
registry. The FCC got involved
because the Federal Trade
Commission, which is compil
ing the list and planned to
enforce it, has been blocked by a
federal judge.
The list of more than 50 mil
lion telephone numbers regis
tered by people who don't want
to hear from telemarketers is
scheduled to go into effect
Wednesday. The public is being
encouraged to continue signing
up for the service and many tele
marketers plan to respect the
wishes of those on the list even
while legal questions remain.
“One of the things we all
need to do is take a deep
breath ” FCC Chairman Michael
Powell said. “What you’ve got is
virtually everyone in federal
government here working to
leave no avenue unexhausted to
make sure the list works as fully
as legally possible.”
Prompted by two court rul
ings last week favoring telemar
keters, seemingly every elected
official in Washington has
sought to show their commit
ment to the do-not-call list.
Republicans and Democrats in
Congress joined forces to pass a
bill in near-record speed last
week and President Bush signed
it Monday.
The measure
gives explicit
authority to the
FTC to set up
and operate the
do-not-call list,
a distinction
Denver ruled the do-not-call
unconstitutional on free-speet
grounds because it applied
calls from businesses but •
charities. That decision blocktd
the FTC from enforcing theli
The FTC has asked the court to
suspend its decision while
agency appeals.
Another court decision I
the FCC free
made moot by a
court order that
came down after
Congress acted.
Bush did not
mention that.
“The public
is understand-
ably losing
patience with these unwanted
phone calls, unwanted intru-
Given a choice,
Americans prefer
not to receive
random sales pitches
at all hours of the
day.'
— President
George W. Bush
act. A th
judge panel
the Denver-base
l()th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeal
on Friday denied
a request froi
telemarketers t
block the FCC
role in the res
istry.
On Monday
Supreme Couti
Justice Stephen
Breyer refused to
block that deci
sions,” he said at a White House
ceremony. “Given a choice,
Americans prefer not to receive
random sales pitches at all hours
of the day. The American people
should be free to restrict these
calls.”
The legislation came after
U.S. District Judge Lee R. West
in Oklahoma City ruled last
week that the FTC lacked
authority to run the registry.
At about the same time that
Congress passed the hill
Thursday, U.S. District Judge
Edward W. Nottingham in
sion, but telemarketers i
renew their request with another
justice. If the Supreme Court
grants the request to temporarily
suspend the FCC’s rules, boih
agencies would be blocked from
enforcing the list.
The FTC says people can
still sign up for the list and file
complaints about telemarketer
violations at www.donotcall.pov
or by calling 1-888-382-1222.
FCC officials said com
plaints will be forwarded to their
agency for enforcement.
Consumers can also file com
plaints directly with the FCCby
calling 1-888-225-5322.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Band to host onstage suicide
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The leader of the rock
band Hell on Earth said Monday that an
onstage suicide will be conducted during a pri
vate St. Petersburg concert this weekend in
defiance of a new city law designed to stop
the act.
“The show will go on,” Billy Tourtelot said. “It
will be available on the Internet and it will be in
the city limits (of St. Petersburg).”
Earlier Monday, the St. Petersburg city coun
cil unanimously approved an emergency ordi
nance that makes it illegal to conduct a sui
cide for commercial or entertainment purpos
es, and to host, promote and sell tickets for
such an event.
Circuit Judge John C. Lenderman of St.
Petersburg granted the city a temporary injunc
tion against the band Monday, preventing them
from advertising the show and allowing the »
cide. The judge scheduled a hearing in the cas
Thursday.
The Tampa-based band, known for such out
rageous onstage stunts as chocolate syrup
wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender,
first created the furor by announcing earlier this
month that the suicide would happen during a
show at the State Theater in downtown SI.
Petersburg.
But the theater’s owner promptly canceled the
band’s appearance, and another venue also
turned away the event.
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