On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:22:41 EDT, Bruce in alaska
wrote:

Have you ever heard of ANYONE, ever being prosecuted for Violation
of Section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934.......

There are a lot of cases brought under Section 705, most having to do
with theft of satellite TV programming or bootleg cable TV
descramblers which are covered by other subsections of Section 705.
One curious case involved a subscription-TV provider who enabled
Canadian providers to intercept its signals as opposed to a Canadian
program supplier competitor, the case being brought on complaint of
the Canadian government because the violator and the site of the
violation was in the US.

Most of the cellphone or cordless phone interception cases are brought
under the Wiretap Act (the ECPA) of the U S Criminal Code, Title 18.

The most famous case of off-the-air interception and divulgence
involved a conversation between certain officials of the Republican
party which was passed to "others", but long before that there were a
few cases of taxicab radio interception by competing cab companies
whose drivers "jumped" calls.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net