CNET: Hanging up on telemarketers
The hugely popular Do-Not-Call Registry has proven both larger and more successful than anyone predicted. More people put themselves on the registry than voted for president last time around. The success is making people not take at face value the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) various statements that show its bias against using the same means to help control spam. The FTC indicated a no-spam registry would only be used as a source for more email addresses to spam. But MarketingVOX interviews with major email service providers (who wish to remain unnamed to stave off the ire of email marketing clients) indicate that a workable double-blind system would not be much more difficult to implement than some systems already in place for major corporate clients.
