The Journal & Courier has an article on Indiana’s Do Not Call list being put under attack. Basically, a banking organization is seeking a ruling from the FCC saying the recently passed, and less restrictive, federal do not call list preempts Indiana’s older, more effective, Do Not Call List. This report is almost exclusively of the “man-on-the-street” variety. There is an interview with banker, Gary Neal, who apparently thinks that Banks should be able to call you when your CD is about to expire so they can contact you with exciting new CD opportunities. Meanwhile, Edward Viney thinks that Do Not Call lists generally are illegal because they put telemarketers out of work and do not stop political telephone calls.
I’d like to pat myself on the back because I saw this coming. When the federal law was coming down the pike, I wrote to Representative Buyer and asked him to make sure that state law wasn’t preempted. Guess my little letter may not have done much good. Although, according to this FCC website more restrictive state laws are authorized. Perhaps the banks’ argument is a bit more nuanced. I mentioned this previously here. (Though, reviewing that link, apparently I haven’t completely weeded out all online poker comment spam.)
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