.. and why does that allow them to spam you? Just because you can avoid it by changing numbers? You could make that same argument for a restraining order -- "Oh you can just move, so why would we legally protect you?". Absurd.

I think the problems with receiving a voicemail message and requiring a serious legal protection because you could be murdered or physically harmed by a specific person and not even close to the same order of magnitude.

Although I see where you are coming from, restraining orders aren't just for stalking/threats/abuse. It'a also for harassment, which I would definitely say telemarketers do.

You have to listen to the message to find out if it is something important...

> change voicemail systems so this does not work

But if the GOP made prohibiting direct-to-voice-mail illegal you wouldn't be able to do that...

Not going to happen.