Arizona applies ban on autodialers to mobile phone spam
{{date|September 21, 2005}}

[[Image:Map of USA highlighting Arizona.png|right|frame|US state of Arizona]]

On Tuesday an [[w:Arizona|Arizona]] appellate court ruled that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, a federal law that bans using autodialers to call mobile phones or pagers, also applies to text messages sent to mobile phones.

The three-judge Court of Appeals panel upheld the trial judge’s ruling in favour of Rodney L. Joffe. He sued Acacia Mortgage Corp. in 2001, for $55,000 in damages for harassment. 

Acacia used a web-based system to send the text messages, which translates the users phone number into an e-mail address. Acacia argued that the company was not making calls to mobile phones, but rather sending e-mails. "Even though Acacia used an attenuated method to dial a cell phone telephone number, it nevertheless did so," wrote Judge Patricia K. Norris.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=115849
|title=Court disconnects junk txt msgs
|author=Howard Fischer/Capital Media Services
|pub=Arizona Daily Sun
|date=September 21, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68932,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
|title=Cell Phone Spam Now a Crime 
|author=Keith Axline/[[w:Associated Press|AP]]/[[w:Reuters|Reuters]]
|pub=Wired News
|date=September 21, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-0075369.html
|title=Court Nixes Some Ads Sent to Cell Phones
|author=Paul Davenport
|pub=New Brisbane's News1
|date=September 21, 2005}}

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US state of Arizona

On Tuesday an Arizona appellate court ruled that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, a federal law that bans using autodialers to call mobile phones or pagers, also applies to text messages sent to mobile phones.

The three-judge Court of Appeals panel upheld the trial judge’s ruling in favour of Rodney L. Joffe. He sued Acacia Mortgage Corp. in 2001, for $55,000 in damages for harassment. 

Acacia used a web-based system to send the text messages, which translates the users phone number into an e-mail address. Acacia argued that the company was not making calls to mobile phones, but rather sending e-mails. "Even though Acacia used an attenuated method to dial a cell phone telephone number, it nevertheless did so," wrote Judge Patricia K. Norris.

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