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- From: voorhis@aecom.yu.edu (Adrienne Voorhis)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Monitoring of Broadcasts
- Message-ID: <telecom12.661.12@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 12:18:08 GMT
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- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 661, Message 12 of 19
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- jon@Turing.ORG (Jon Gefaell)> writes:
-
- > It is illegal to disclose anything heard on any Radio Frequency in any
- > mode other than public broadcast, Amateur Radio, and that's about it.
- > This means that you can own a scanner and listen to the police, even
- > covert operations (I listen to very interesting operations from time
- > to time) but you _may not_ disclose those communications to any one
- > else.
-
- Could someone please explain how the federal government can allow
- you to legally monitor such broadcasts but can stop you from
- disclosing what was heard? I'm not a First Amendment lawyer, but it
- would seem to me that if you lawfully became aware of information,
- that the government could not muzzle you from discussing what you have
- legitimately obtained.
-
- What if a reporter, for instance, was listening to a police band
- radio and heard a newsworthy event? Could he or she legitimately be
- punished for reporting this information?
-
-
- Adrienne Voorhis Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Bronx, New York Just MY opinion...
-