[Scan-DC] 15$ editorial

Steve Rigby [email protected]
Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:47:09 -0400


Alan Henney wrote:

> In defense of our scanner colleagues who record and disseminate
> recordings, I would like to make a few points.  I am concerned
> that as a hobby, we continue to paint ourselves into a corner,
> based on a conservative interpretation of the law.

   I think it was the sale of the tape, the asking of $15 that raised
the initial ire on Scan-DC, from my observation.  Only after it had
been pointed out that the Post had picked up on that
commercialization of someone elses troubles did the subject evolve,
or devolve, into the legal arena.

   Steve