In article <Pine.3.89.9409280117.A23062-0100000@netcom4>,
Joseph Morrison <brapman@netcom.com> wrote:
quoted 3 lines I believe that what they "caught" would be public domain, unless obtained>I believe that what they "caught" would be public domain, unless obtained
>via illegal equipment. The odds that anyone involved would actually hear
>these releases is rare, though, in any case.
In the UK you'd be breaching the 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act which
makes it an offence to listen to any transmission which the Government
has not explicitly licenced you to receive. The fine's only something
like a hundred quid though. Publishing such material could also be in
breach of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, although it
would be up to the individuals whose conversations were carried to take
a civil action.
quoted 2 lines I found the Scanners releases to be interesting, but not something that>I found the Scanners releases to be interesting, but not something that
>bears repeated listening.
Most of it strikes me as being the sort of thing that would be fine as
a half-hour radio programme, but I'm not sure I'd really want the
full-length CDs to buy. I'd also rate Scanners' skills higher at
selecting and compiling than as conventional musicians - the bits where
they attempt things with ordinary instruments don't work nearly so
well.