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   Splitting hairs.

   

   out_of_the_blue, Nov 11th, 2010 @ 7:05pm

   
   

   It's *marketing* to a *phone*.

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   Anonymous Coward, Nov 11th, 2010 @ 7:05pm

   
   

   text message spam is even worse than phone spam... I'm amazed if it isn't illegal, it should be because it costs people money to receive and you have no choice.

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   Whether its legal or not

   

   James, Nov 11th, 2010 @ 9:23pm

   
   

   Anyone who engages in spam, text, email, etc., should be shot.

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   Re: Whether its legal or not

   

   harbingerofdoom (profile), Nov 11th, 2010 @ 11:35pm

   
   

   thats far to kind a sentiment

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   Re: Whether its legal or not

   

   willbates (profile), Nov 12th, 2010 @ 12:36am

   
   

   It definitely should be illegal but in any case I have no idea why companies would do it, it's just annoying and makes consumers hate their brand!!

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   Anonymous Coward, Nov 12th, 2010 @ 4:48am

   
   

   25c a text that I never asked for and do not want. YES, Should be illegal and I hope they lose the case against them!

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   Re: Whether its legal or not

   

   Richard Kulawiec, Nov 12th, 2010 @ 4:58am

   
   

   I don't know if you're serious or just venting, but I've actually constructed (elsewhere) a serious attempt at an argument that spamming should be punished by the death penalty. As you might guess, this isn't very popular with spammers, their associates, their supporters, their suppliers/consultants/vendors, etc.

   What few people seem to grasp yet is that spammers are sociopathic monsters; that's why, as I've often said, there is no such thing as an ex-spammer. (Every now and then someone mistakenly claims to have spotted an example of one. It inevitably turns out that the spammer has just migrated to a different form of abuse -- see "Spamford Wallace" for the canonical case study.)

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   Anonymous Coward, Nov 12th, 2010 @ 7:05am

   
   

   I want to sue the Republican and Democratic Parties for spamming me during election. They call you, email you, text you and make you numb watching television. I hate them. They suck.

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   Sean T Henry (profile), Nov 12th, 2010 @ 7:28am

   
   

   If it costs you money to receive text messages GET A NEW PLAN. I have never been charged to receive txts even when on some of the phone card plans. If they charge you to receive the service sucks.

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    SMS and autodialing

    

    Gene Cavanaugh, Nov 12th, 2010 @ 9:41am

    
    

    If it doesn't, it should.

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