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From: abh@pogo.camelot.cs.cmu.edu (Andrew Hastings)
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Subject: Re: The Hottest Answering Machine
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In article <telecom-v09i0501m07@vector.dallas.tx.us>, langz@asylum.SF.CA.US
(Lang Zerner) writes:

> As for the beep while recording a conversation, well, it may be
> annoying, but in the United States it is the law.

The laws governing the recording of a telephone conversation vary from
state to state.  Some states require a beep.  Some states require the
consent of both parties.  Some states require the consent of only one
party.

-Andy Hastings			abh@cs.cmu.edu			412/268-8734