FCC asks for public comment on dual-purpose telemarketing
calls
"Time Cop"
Between alleged plaintiff
shakedowns of text-messaging companies and grueling debates over autodialer equipment
"capacity," one has to wonder how the authors of the
original Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) feel about their
legacy.
The TCPA has provided fertile ground for lawsuits of
considerable variety and number. And that, in turn, provokes strong
opinions among consumers, businesses and regulators alike.
Do the protean creators of the TCPA cast a despairing eye over
its contentious history? Are they currently planning to build a
time machine to travel into the future to ensure the TCPA is
clearly and usefully interpreted – only to discover that
their attempts to re-engineer it have made everything worse?
