[MilCom] Blue Angel Pilot Trash-Talks the Florida Central-East Coast!

[k6msb]

      U.S. Code TITLE 47, CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER VI, Sec. 605: =
Unauthorized publication or use of communications, subsection (a): =
Practices prohibited.

      (1)  "...no person receiving, assisting in receiving, =
transmitting, or assisting in transmitting, any interstate or foreign =
communication by wire or radio shall divulge or publish the existence, =
contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning thereof, except through =
authorized channels of transmission or reception....to any person other =
than the addressee, his agent, or attorney"

      (6)  "No person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept =
any radio communication and divulge or publish the existence, contents, =
substance, purport, effect, or meaning of such intercepted communication =
to any person. No person not being entitled thereto shall receive or =
assist in receiving any interstate or foreign communication by radio and =
use such communication (or any information therein contained) for his =
own benefit or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto. No =
person having received any intercepted radio communication or having =
become acquainted with the contents, substance, purport, effect, or =
meaning of such communication (or any part thereof) knowing that such =
communication was intercepted, shall divulge or publish the existence, =
contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of such communication =
(or any part thereof) or use such communication (or any information =
therein contained) for his own benefit or for the benefit of another not =
entitled thereto. This section shall not apply to the receiving, =
divulging, publishing, or utilizing the contents of any radio =
communication which is transmitted by any station for the use of the =
general public, which relates to ships, aircraft, vehicles, or persons =
in distress, or which is transmitted by an amateur radio station =
operator or by a citizens band radio operator."

      Mark B.
      k6msb =20


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----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Shawn Levy" <shawnl@prodigy.net>
To: <milcom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] Blue Angel Pilot Trash-Talks the Florida =
Central-East Coast!

> I'm sure many of you know the law better than me, but I=20
> thought it "was against the law" to repeat/report verbatum anything=20
> heard over the airwaves anyway?
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> Shawn-In Trashy New Orleans :-)