"Lou" wrote in message
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"Alex Clayton" wrote in message
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"Lou" wrote in message
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Usenet is a real poor place to ask any kind of legal question. You, as
you have seen, can get all kinds of answers. If you rely on the responses
here, get in trouble with the law, telling some judge you "read it on the
net" will get you nothing.
If the state you are in has laws regarding scanners, I would have to
assume the law is available on line?
As to the Public bus, if you find there is no law against them, the easy
way would seem to be not let the driver know you have a scanner. If the
guy is using headphones who is going to know what he is listening to?
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The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.
(not necessarily in that order)




I understand and certainly agree that Usenet is not a "legal" authority.
What I was attempting to do, was get a feel for what is out there as to
laws - since it would seem to me the hundreds if not thousands of users
would have by now - tapped into their state laws in interest and may have
weighed in with anything in comparison OR in any instances similar. Maybe
even case history as to challenges. Sorry I asked.........


You don't need to be sorry you asked. I was just warning not only you, but
anyone reading. Many people come to the "net" for the first time every day.
Many don't seem to understand what they read "may" have no basis in fact. I
well remember when I finally got my Father to get a PC. He had a few rather
humorous times with some of the stuff he was finding.
If someone posts a link to make your state's law easier to look up, great.
Just be careful of stories about "well I do this, and it's fine" kind of
things. For one, you don't know if the person really does, or if they are in
the same jurisdiction you are, or if they may be breaking the law, and may
not know it themselves. As I said if you break some law, end up in court,
and have only the "excuse" that you "read" it on the net, you will get no
where, no matter what "stories" you hear about people running rings around
the court.
As to some of the "stupid" responses you get, that's just Usenet. there
are always a lot of people here who got beat up all the time at school, so
they come here with their cape on ready to "kick some cyber ass", shrug.
You just have to wade through it, there is LOT'S of good info out there too.
Just be careful what you act on.
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The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.
(not necessarily in that order)