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From: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,sci.electronics,alt.activism
Subject: Re: Task Force recommends amending ECPA  (long)
Keywords: Privacy, law, radio
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Date: 1 Jun 91 16:06:45 GMT
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Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
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A general comment on privacy issues. No one should have *any* expectation
of privacy for any transmission that intrudes on the property of others
unless that intrusion is deliberate and contractually agreed upon. It
should be *solely* the operator of such transmission equipment's 
responsibility to take whatever technical measures necessary to insure 
the degree of privacy desired for the contents of any intrusive transmission. 
There should be no criminalization whatsoever for the possession or use
of any form of receiving equipment.

In layman's terms, if I shout at my wife, and the neighbors hear, it's
my problem, not theirs. It should not be a crime for them to have their
ears open to any sound that may cross their property. This is only
common sense, and any law that attempts to operate contrary to common
sense is automatically bad law.

Gary KE4ZV