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echo: cellular
to: DAN COOPER
from: GEORGE ERDNER
date: 1997-02-21 00:02:00
subject: :o)

DC> In the U.S.A., in all states, in is not illegal to listen to received RF
DC> energy. This is still a free country with the right to do as you wish on
DC> anything that is transmitted.
DC> The only caviot is you are not allowed to profit or cause hardship from 
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DC> received information, unless all parties involved in the received
DC> converstations agree to your disclosure.
That USED to be true. But not any more. The law was recently changed.
Others in this echo have posted the exact bill number.
DC> The FCC (US Federal Communications Commission) is the authority on this 
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DC> is all public knowledge. Call your local office.
I suspect that you called the FCC a few years back to get your
information, because it was accurate a few years ago, but is no longer
accurate today. Either that, or the bureacurcrat at the FCC you talked
to made a factual error when he answered your question.
Imagine that, a civil service worker making a mistake. I wonder how
often that happens?
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