-> While the law does forbid us to divulge what we hear, the law seems
-> to be being interpreted to mean that there's no sense in prosecuting
-> unless: a) Someone actually uses the infoo to harm someone, or
-> b) Someone uses the infor heard to profit from it.
->
-> So, since TV news departments, scanner pager nets, etc., do divulge
-> the info, no one is harmed, and no one uses the info to make money.
-> So, there's no prosecution.
-> However, as I understand it, it's still illegal.
TV, radio stations, and newspapers are not non-profit. They are
using the information to dispatch reporters and photographers to
gather information and photos which are placed in their broadcast or
publication which they sell for a profit. What they are selling is the
information they have gathered from listening.
How is this legal?
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