[plug] Voice Over IP

[Mark Dixon]

Shayne asked: "Are they legal?"

Well the Prime Minister used a technology very much like this quite 
extensively in the lead up to the last federal election.  So apparently 
it is at least legal for politicians.  However, I note with disgust that 
the pollies have explicitly excluded themselves from the requirement to 
obey the anti-SPAM legislation so they may well have excluded themselves 
from voice Spam as well.  Back to square one - is it legal?

Apart from the legality is it also worth asking: will the charity do 
more harm than good by using a sales technique that a growing number of 
potential donors find obnoxious.

Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> Are they legal? Seriously I'd talk these people out of using these things.
> Last time I got a recorded phone spam I spent the next day tracking the
> company down so I could get the satisfaction of yelling the hell at them.
> 
> Dont dont dont. Even for a "good cause". Ends dont *always* justify means.
> 
> --
> Freedom's just another word for something new to regulate
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Mark Dixon wrote:
> 
> 
>>A machine doing telemarketing is even easier to hang up on than a person
>>doing telemarketing.  Has someone there done their sums on how much this
>>is likely to cost (including the bad-will generated toward the charity
>>doing it) vs the expected amount people will donate to a machine that
>>calls during dinner?
>>
>>Chris Watt wrote:
>>
>>>I loathe telemarketers as well but it is the main income of the
>>>community centre (it's for autistic children) so i made an exception.
>>>
>>>they do good work so im trying to help them save money wherever i can.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 6/13/05, garry <garbuck at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>I'm doing a few weeks work here at the Midway Community Centre and as
>>>>>>part of the telemarketing they do we are trying to set up an
>>>>>>autodialing program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Before we continue any further can you assure us that this is not going
>>>>>to be use to "spam" people?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I was going to say this, but held my tongue. After all, one of the
>>>>tennents of Open Source is "no restrictions on the use of"... Even
>>>>though I loathe telemarketers too....
>>>>
>>>>8^|===
>>>>
>>>>Garry
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