It appears that Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu> said:
-=-=-=-=-=- This might have been what I read years ago:
Teltech Systems Inc. v. Bryant, 5th Cir., No. 12-60027
No, that just said that federal law preempts a Mississippi state law that purported to regulate Caller ID. The federal law in 47 USC 227(e) says: (1)In general It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States, in connection with any voice service or text messaging service, to cause any caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value, unless such transmission is exempted pursuant to paragraph (3)(B). In (3)(B) is a narrow carve-out for law enforcement and court orders. The important point is that spoofing is illegal with fraudulent intent, OK with benign intent. R's, John