I now have a collection of 152 unwanted junk faxes, collected since last summer.

Naturally, I'm not happy about the fact the almost all of my supply is going to printing up these junk faxes.

But I am concerned about the continuing problem of junk faxes.

Most junk faxes have been illegal since 1991.

According to Title 47, each recipient of a so-called "junk fax" could collect $500 in damages from the offending company.

With a junk fax, they pay zero cost.

I am concerned, however, about a sharp rise in another form of intrusive marketing: junk faxes.

After the bill was enacted, many companies that continued to send junk faxes were sued, often for substantial sums.

The most well-known sender of junk faxes, fax.com, was repeatedly sued by government agencies and private individuals.

There were two principal reasons why we banned junk fax.