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August 18th 05, 02:37 PM

Andrew Oakley

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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:44:25 -0500, wrote:

Every American Citizen has the RIGHT to listen to ANY and ALL Electronic
Transmissions,Period!

Is that really true? Ie. is it:

A) A "right", enforced by laws/constitution
B) A "freedom", something which is not specifically illegal, or
C) Not yet true, a political suggestion that you are recommending?

How does/would it apply to encrypted electronic transmissions - ie. if
it is a right, does that mean that US citizens also have the right to
the decryption keys, or the right to hack encrypted data? Surely this
contravienes the Digital Millenium laws?

In the UK, the situation is confused. IIRC, in *theory* it is illegal
to listen to any station that does not have a broadcasting licence
from the government. Therefore this makes most of SW DXing
theoretically illegal. However, IIRC, there has only ever been one
prosecution of this - a DJ who was caught displaying a pirate radio
sticker in his car window.

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Andrew Oakley andrew/atsymbol/aoakley/stop/com

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