[Scan-DC] Legality of Rebroadcasting Fairfax County Police/FireTrunked System on the Internet

[Steve Rigby]

On Dec 19, 2006, at 6:07 PM, David Lloyd wrote:

> This may help.. It doens't really cover rebroadcasting... but maybe 
> this is
> a lead.  I'm thinking to check the FCC website, too.
>
>> From Radio Shack's PRO-96 Manual:   "According to the Electronic
> Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are subject to fines and 
> possible
> imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the
> contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a part 
> to the
> communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal)."

   I think that is in reference to cell phones.  It is more than likely 
that rebroadcasting or otherwise revealing the contents of encrypted 
communications is illegal, but I do not think that the rebroadcasting 
of unencrypted communications is illegal.  If it were, then there have 
been years and years worth of such rebroadcasts that, to my knowledge, 
have never been responded to through any legal actions.

   Steve