quoted 25 lines Scanner has, to my knowledge, released two CDs, Scanner and Scanner 2, in>> >> Scanner has, to my knowledge, released two CDs, Scanner and Scanner 2, in
>> >> the UK. Neither has been released domestically. However, both releases
>> >> are in the public domain, so why don't you do it yourself? :-)
>> >
>> >huh? scanner doesn't copyright their works?
>>
>> I think Scanner is sidestepping around trying to avoid any confrontations
>> with anyone they've taped. What they're doing is highly illegal (at least
>> in the states, I imagine its the same on the other side of the pond). Ever
>> notice how there is practically NO information on a Scanner release?
>
>Are you sure of this Pete? I seem to recall a court case a few years
>ago in which a couple of drug dealers were convicted on the basis of
>some cordless phone conversations that were taped by an "upright" (read
>NOSY) citizen and given to the police. The court ruled that cordless
>phone conversations were _not_ protected by the right to privacy (I seem
>to recall that there was a big uproar about this). Besides, the UK has
>no constitution, so assuming that speech issues that are supposedly
>protected in the US are equivalent under UK law is dicey at best.
>
>Any EFF folks on the list? Am I right or am I talking out of my booty?
>
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>dave walker, detroit art services _
>marmoset@msen.com play sim freeke
I believe that cordless and cellular phones are not covered under normal
phone-taping laws because they are transmitted over the airwaves. Anyone with a
scanner can pick up the conversations.
Personally, should Scanner get sued, I think that the lack of copyright wouldn't
help them one bit. Anything that is sold for profit has an implicit copyright
and constitutes exploitation of someone else's work.
--Brandon
bworrell@cclink.fhcrc.org Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center