In a message to Glenn Fetty  Bill Funk wrote:
BF>   Legal to monitor, but, technically, illegal to pass on.
BF>   Yet, a simple, harmless report seems to be being ignored.
BF>   If, for example, I were to pass on that I heard on a RDC dispatch
BF>  channel
BF>   here in Phoenix, that there was a 3rd alarm fire at such and so
BF>  address, at
BF>   10:34 last night, only here on FIDO would I get in trouble for that.
BF>  No one
BF>   else cares.
BF>   Now, OTOH, if I were to pass on that I heard that Senator Snotnose
BF>  was
BF>   talking to his male prostitute five minutes later, I'd be in *real*
BF>  trouble.
BF>   Same thing if I overheard, for example, a cell call between two
BF>  large
BF>   Areospace companies discussing a hitherto-undisclosed merger, and I
BF>  used
BF>   that info to buy stock, making a killing, I'd be in trouble over
BF>  that, too
BF>   (if anyone could prove that I did so).
BF>   In reality, it's a law designed to keep the bigwigs out of trouble,
BF>  IMHO.
BF>   It's not being enforced, and, indeed, is next to impossible to
BF>  enforce
BF>   (especially as precendent has been set to ignore harmless
BF>  infractions).
BF>
BF>  Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
BF>      ASCIi User Group: http://www.starlink.com:80/~ascii
BF>
Thank you for setting me straight!  I should have made myself more clear.  I 
knew it was illegal to pass on to others, but failed to mention it.
I totally agree with you that it is next to impossible to enforce, too!
Thanks again,
Glenn
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