On Tue, 3 May 2005 16:38:34 -0700, Dale Farnsworth wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 09:04:55PM +0000, stu wrote: >> This may just be fat for the fire, but I recall a couple things from >> my old >> CB days that might be something of a precedent here: >> The FCC allows a person the right to receive and interpret any given >> transmission on their personal equipment no matter what the source, >> provided >> that the information so received is not rebroadcast, (or used for >> illegal >> purposes). > > This used to be true back when the Communications Act of 1935 was in > force. Unfortunately, the Telecommunications Act of made it is illegal > to listen to certain frequencies unless the signal is intended for you. > For example, it is now illegal to use a scanner to listen to cellular > telephone conversations. > > -Dale > ----------------------------------------------------- Some state disallow police radar detectors. Not sure how that fits into Federal vs. State. Gene Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss