said by battleop:Dish is probably going to claim they are not the ones that made the calls because the calls didn't come from direct Dish employees. It's like all the Dish network spam that you get that does not come directly from Dish. It's done by companies that get paid a commission to sell Dish services. So even if this is the case the FTC should still smack Dish around because even if they say they didn't authorize it they don't mind taking the business and paying to get the business.
Dish cannot claim ignorance or of being a victim. A simple clause in their contracts with third parties forbidding them to violate the DNC and/or failing to honor requests to not be contacted again, with a "shall hold harmless and defend fully at [contractor's] expense, and return all monies paid" would make clear such conduct is not permissible nor will it be tolerated by Dish. By not having such requirements and/or not policing their contractors and affiliate makes them complicit in the activity.
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