He rang the directors on a Publicly accessable phone line and...

He rang the directors on a Publicly accessable phone line and spoke to publicly accessable company representative.

This whole line of of communication is open to the public so how can it be judged as wrong?

All it is is research, if others did not ring up and ask then they have very poor research skills or are not interested in the company in the first place.

Time for a Senate enquiry into the Corporations Law as the whole thing Violates free trade laws. It is a monkey on the back of anybody who does not want to Gamble their cash.