[Scan-DC] Fairfax County's Public Access Plan (draft)

Sat, 09 Feb 2002 02:32:58

It's all a moot point. Fairfax County's system will be monitorable with the 
T-4, coming out in December.

>From: "Steve Rigby" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fairfax County's Public Access Plan (draft)
>Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 12:26:09 -0500
>
>   My initial reaction to the draft plan, based upon a general
>reading of the document and without any particularly deep analysis,
>is that total and "absolute" control is desired by the County.
>Channels that have, for decades, been available to the
>public-at-large, will now be unheard by any persons other than those
>authorized by the County under this agreement.  Said authorization
>can apparently be voided at any time, and for any reason that has
>been determined to be at variance with the agreement, with said
>determination to be under the sole and exclusive perview of the
>County.  The permitee will seemingly have no recourse or avenue of
>argument or redress.
>
>   The County may even demand that the receiver, owned not by the
>County, but by the user, must be surrendered to the County when so
>ordered.  In addition, the County would seem to be held blameless in
>the face of any action taken by the County under the terms of the
>agreement.  And all this in order to buy some real expensive piece
>of gear that the County, under his agreement, must approve, and may
>or may not 'allow' you to use, just so you can listen to some basic
>dispatch channels.
>
>   On the face of it, the agreement seems to reflect various of the
>concepts of software makers spelled out in those 'agreements' that
>greet us upon launching almost any software installation program.
>Geez!  I'm just waiting for these type of 'agreements' to finally be
>fully aired in a court of law.
>
>   Summing up my little discourse, I'd just say it all seems just a
>bit extreme and indicative of something.
>
>   Steve
>
>
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