[Scan-DC] Boston: Illegal electronic surveillance

[Benjy Messner]

I believe that the article mentions that Mass. is one of the 12 that is.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Doug Walton <dswfd2119 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I wonder if Mass, like Maryland, is a two party consent state (you must
> have
> consent from both parties involved to legally record a conversation, as I
> understand it). Given the basis for this article, I would guess that it is.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Clegg [mailto:w4jecom at w4je.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:31 AM
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> According to the article, it hinges on whether the recording is done in
> secret or not. The law they are trying to enforce is the law that prohibits
> recording a two-way exchange when one of the parties is not aware of the
> recording. It was originally written to cover audio recordings of telephone
> calls, and the police are extending it to include recording them in action.
>
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> merlin at merlinjacobs.com
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>
> Yea, what protects TV crews?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Walton [mailto:dswfd2119 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:26 AM
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>
> Interesting. I always thought that if you were out in the public eye, in
> apublic area (not private property), you had no reasonable expectation
> ofprivacy. -----Original Message-----From:
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> Behalf Of b_thom at juno.comSent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:13 AMTo:
> Scan-DC at mailman.qth.netSubject: [Scan-DC] Boston: Illegal electronic
> surveillanceCellphones, not scanners. My mistake - there's no cause for
> alarm.
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/12/pol
> ice_fight_cellphone_recordingsSimon Glik, a lawyer, was walking down
> Tremont
> Street in Boston when he sawthree police officers struggling to extract a
> plastic bag from a teenager'smouth. Thinking their force seemed excessive
> for a drug arrest, Glik pulledout his cellphone and began recording.Within
> minutes, Glik said, he was in handcuffs."One of the officers asked me
> whether my phone had audio recordingcapabilities,'' Glik, 33, said rece
>  ntly of the incident, which took place inOctober 2007. Glik acknowledged
> that it did, and then, he said, "my phonewas seized, and I was
> arrested.''The charge? Illegal electronic
>
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