Comments on: The Do Not Call List’s Memory Lapse http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/the_do_not_call.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: William McGeveran http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/the_do_not_call.html/comment-page-1#comment-52278 William McGeveran Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:30:29 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/the-do-not-call-lists-memory-lapse.html#comment-52278 I love the Do-Not-Call system as much as anyone, but a 5-year sunset seems reasonable to me. People, after all, move around or otherwise change numbers. The number I registered when the list was created, back in a city where I no longer live, need not be listed in perpetuity. On the other hand, if you suddenly start getting calls again after a blissful 5-year reprieve, it's not hard for you to re-register and get your dinner hour back. Most of all, if this was part of the compromise to get the thing enacted, it seems like a small price to pay. Am I missing something? I love the Do-Not-Call system as much as anyone, but a 5-year sunset seems reasonable to me. People, after all, move around or otherwise change numbers. The number I registered when the list was created, back in a city where I no longer live, need not be listed in perpetuity. On the other hand, if you suddenly start getting calls again after a blissful 5-year reprieve, it’s not hard for you to re-register and get your dinner hour back.

Most of all, if this was part of the compromise to get the thing enacted, it seems like a small price to pay.

Am I missing something?

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