[PLUG] (fwd) [junkfax] To stop junk faxes, we need you to make a phone call

[plug.9.faster at spamgourmet.com]

This seems like it might be relevant to a lot of us who run small
businesses and who may have fax machines connected all the time.

I joined the junkfax list when fax.com got my number while I was on
vacation and used a whole ink cart sending me junk faxes. Read up on
fax.com before you tell me how rich I should be from suing them.

But before you do that, read the linked articles and do your own
research, then MAKE THE CALL. The ink/toner/foil you save may be your
own.

Sorry for the non-Linux content. I don't subscribe to any of the
auxiliary lists for a reason. This seems really important, though.

--Kurt

----- Forwarded message from Steve Kirsch <stk at propel.com> -----

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From: Steve Kirsch <stk at propel.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:32:23 -0000
Subject: [junkfax] To stop junk faxes, we need you to make a phone call

If you live in Oregon, please read this message and make a call to 
the number listed below. 

You may think your call won't matter. Trust me, it will. Most people 
never call so when a Senate office gets a phone call on an issue, is 
a BIG DEAL.

OREGON Senator Gordon Smith, is the author of a bill in the Senate 
that is going to make your junk fax problem MUCH WORSE.

I NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW. It will take only 3 minutes but 
you'll save the rest of the country from this menace.

The reason is that there is a very bad piece of legislation that 
Smith is sponsoring entitled "The Junk Fax Prevention Bill of 2004" 
that, in fact, would do just the opposite! It will turn your fax 
machine into a printing press for businesses. That is why *every* 
consumer group and all the state Attorney Generals oppose this bill 
as it is drafted. But all businesses are FOR it because it would let 
them advertise to you for free, at YOUR EXPENSE!

We can't let them get away with this.

For example, please see:

http://www.junkfax.org/fax/action/JunkFaxBillsjmn.PDF 

for an excellent editorial (one of several) by the San Jose Mercury 
News regarding this mis-named bill and the reasons it MUST be 
opposed.

But it's MUCH WORSE than they wrote about in that editorial. For 
example, if you call Walmart from your home phone, this bill gives 
them the right to TRY TO SEND YOU FAXES at your home phone even if 
you DO NOT HAVE A FAX MACHINE on the line. So think of getting half 
of your calls at home at all hours from a fax machine where you 
can't even find out how to stop the calls since you don't have a fax 
machine on the line. Same story if you called from work!

But Senator Boxer (California) has proposed an amendment to Senator 
Smith that would FIX THIS BILL and eliminate this problem:
http://www.junkfax.org/fax/action/JunkFaxBillBoxerAmendment.pdf 

I need you to call Smith's office at (202) 224-3753 and ask to speak 
with Wally Hsueh (pronounced "Shoe").

Say something like this:

"My name is xxx xxxx. I am a constituent of Senator Smith. I live at 
xxxxxx. I am calling in reference to S.2603, the junk fax prevention 
act of 2004. I am outraged at this bill because it will increase the 
number of junk faxes I get. PLEASE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT FROM SENATOR 
BOXER to fix this bill."

Of course, feel free to express your own outrage after you read the 
editorial.

I know you get a lot of emails, but I can tell you, this is only 
going to 50 people in Oregon and I need EVERY single one of you to 
call in order to make a difference.

If nobody calls, they will think nobody minds having their fax 
machines turned into printing presses for business advertisements.

Please call today!!!

-steve kirsch

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