18 U.S.C. § 2325 : US Code - Section 2325: Definition

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2325 : US Code - Section 2325: Definition

In this chapter, "telemarketing" -
(1) means a plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is
conducted to induce -
(A) purchases of goods or services;
(B) participation in a contest or sweepstakes; or
(C) a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or
any other thing of value,
by use of 1 or more interstate telephone calls initiated either
by a person who is conducting the plan, program, promotion, or
campaign or by a prospective purchaser or contest or sweepstakes
participant or charitable contributor, or donor; but
(2) does not include the solicitation of sales through the
mailing of a catalog that -
(A) contains a written description or illustration of the
goods or services offered for sale;
(B) includes the business address of the seller;
(C) includes multiple pages of written material or
illustration; and
(D) has been issued not less frequently than once a year,
if the person making the solicitation does not solicit customers
by telephone but only receives calls initiated by customers in
response to the catalog and during those calls takes orders
without further solicitation.