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A telephone directory (also called a telephone directory and directory) is a list of the telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. It consists of the name and the telephone number of the people added as a contact in the directory. Name and phone number are displayed in alphabetical order.
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The names of subscribers are generally classified in alphabetical order, as well as their mailing address or street and phone number. In principle, all subscribers in the geographical coverage area is listed, but subscribers can request the exclusion of their number in the directory, often for a fee. Their number is so American English "unlisted" says, "ex-repertoire" in English or 'private' Australia and new
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Zealand. Practices with respect to the display of the caller-ID on calls made by subscribers unlisted vary by jurisdiction. Sometimes the Caller ID on outgoing calls is not represented; in other jurisdictions unlisted numbers are displayed unless the caller dials a blocking code; in others, the client can request automatic blocking by the telephone company. In the United States, under the rules and current practices, mobile phone and voice over IP ads are not included in telephone directories. Efforts to create cellular directories have met strong opposition from several fronts, including a significant percentage of customers seeking to avoid telemarketers. In 1991, the supreme Court of the United States (in Feist v. Rural) held that telephone companies don't have a copyright on telephone numbers, because copyright protects creativity and not the simple job of collecting existing information. Within the geographic scope of the Court, the Feist decision gave rise to the availability of many innovative telephone directory on CD-ROM and the World Wide Web services.