[MilCom] Re: Policy Question Public Posting of Logs with Copyright Restriction

[Bill Jones]

> I have never seen anything in the 1934 act which prohibited telling others
> about frequencies. 


 I found about a 10 or 15 year old version of the act (ie somewhat modified 
from the original, but prior to some significant modifications I think).  
Anyway, the passage I was referring to (which I think is different than it used 
to be) is:

" 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.   "

I don't know if the above limitations are still in the act, and am not positive 
that I understand completely the implications of the above, however it does put 
into question the legality of disseminating information about frequencies 
monitored, even though the monitoring of such is legal. 
   I'm mainly curious what the law is today.

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