[Spooks] Trade/share/recordings

[Guy Moore]

In this country it is illegal to listen to radio signals that are not intended for your consumption. Of course none of these stations are transmitting the required identification and are based in foreign jurisdictions. There is of course a legal question as to whether someone could be prosecuted for listening to a station that is itself unlawful so I think that early morning knock on the door is unlikely to happen. Hopefully the powers that be have bigger problems than us.
 
There was debate about the copyright of the Cornet project with someone who wanted to use it in a film or as a music sample which was settled out of court. The fact that it was filed in court and the cornet project is still in shops suggests that it is probably completely lawful to listed to recordings of these stations.
 
I guess Mossad would still own the copyright in a strictly legal sense though. Maybe we should drop a royalty cheque by the Israeli embassy. 
 
 
Regards Guy Moore 



> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 08:11:44 -0600> From: w9sz at prairienet.org> To: spooks at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Trade/share/recordings> > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list> > > My thoughts exactly.> > This obliquely reminds me of a story my dad used to tell. For a while > before WWII he made a living driving cars from Chicago to the west coast > of the USA. He'd drive the car to its new owner and take the bus back. > He actually made decent money doing this.> > One day in Iowa he picked up a couple who were hitchhining. THEY made a > living with a gadget they had built thich could be hooked up to slot > machines and caused them to dump all their money. At the time, a lot of > diners, gas stations, etc. had illegal slot machines in a dark back > corner. They'd sneak back and rob the machines.> > Unless they happened to rob someone who had under-the-table dealings with > the local police, they were never turned into the police because they were > robbing from illegal machines. I guess they'd gotten beat up a few times > but never arrested!> :-)> > Zack> > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Mark Black wrote:> > > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list> >> > On Sat, November 3, 2007 3:24 pm, theshutts wrote:> >> Hi> >> Surely the recordings 'belong' to the broadcasting station and not the> >> intercepting station? As the broadcasting stations are all> >> unacknowleged, fall within the public domain,and thus are all free for> >> all--or am I being too simplistic?> >> Cheers, Dave> >> > Right. I don't think that Mossad can make a copyright claim against their> > numbers broadcasts. Likewise the Brits, the Cubans, et al. You can't lay a> > copyright claim to content you can't/won't disclose and whose sole intent is> > clandestine and yet out in the open for all to hear. Patents are another issue> > though.> >> > Mk.> >> > ______________________________________________________________> > Spooks mailing list> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm> > Post: mailto:Spooks at mailman.qth.net> > -> > Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations> >> ______________________________________________________________> Spooks mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm> Post: mailto:Spooks at mailman.qth.net> -> Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations