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Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by testvox on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:44AM (#20164513)
Their response won't be to pass a robocalling law, it will be to send the police to your house to arrest you for harassment which is already illegal.
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by snarf21 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:27AM (#20164983)
How is that harassment if people calling me about student loans I don't have isn't harassment?
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by tzs on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:47AM (#20165189)
Intent.
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by glaurung_ on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:58AM (#20165291)
So intent to be annoying is a worse offense than intent to rob someone?
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:18AM (#20165480)
"Hi, I'm calling to ask for donations to our 'Stop Robocalls' lobbying effort." If you set up a nonprofit org., and did that, then you would probably get past a lot of roadblocks, and might actually make some money.
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by tru3_power on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:11AM (#20165397)
If this is true you could just robo call them with the intent to sell them something, or looking for someone. The annoyance part is merely a side effect vs. the whole purpose (at-least it could be argued that’s the case)
Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:57AM (#20165992)
Robocall to ask them to donate to your gofundme which you will donate to the election campaign whoever proposes an anti-robocalling law that meets X, Y, Z, criteria and is actually signed into law.

Convince some industry group to seed it with $20k or so, target a small state where campaign donation amounts are low and bam, you've got your first anti-robocalling law (with teeth) on the books.

Re:Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in th... by souterrain on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:26PM (#20167736)
To which one’s defense should be, “I did not do this, my corporation did. Arrest it.”