lgold@csib.UUCP (Lynn Gold) (10/23/87)
As long as ONE of the parties involved in the telephone conversation knows that the call is being recorded, it's perfectly legal to record the conversation. In other words, if I feel like taping you, it's okay because *I* know I'm taping you. Re: playing someone's voice over the air -- THEN you MUST have either verbal or written consent (the former is often done by taping someone saying it's okay to use their voice over the air) in order to do so. --Lynn Gold Public Affairs Director KFJC-FM P.S.--We're in the middle of a fundraiser (yes, I KNOW this is going to a nation-wide dist list). If y'all feel inclined, call (415)941-2500 and pledge (they'd get a BIG kick out of someone from Massachusetts calling in!). :-)
jsol@BU-IT.BU.EDU (10/23/87)
The law in California is that one party must agree to have the conversation taped; in other states it is that ALL parties of a conversation must agree. It varies.
sgard@homxc.UUCP (S.GARDNER) (10/23/87)
In article <8710211927.AA27985@csib.CSI.COM>, lgold@csib.UUCP (Lynn Gold) writes: > As long as ONE of the parties involved in the telephone conversation > knows that the call is being recorded, it's perfectly legal to record > the conversation. In other words, if I feel like taping you, it's okay > because *I* know I'm taping you. > WRONG.... Quoted directly from the New Jersey Bell Tel Book (under Consumer Responsibilities) Recorded calls require a beep tone. If you hear a short "beep" tone on your telephone about every 15 seconds, it means that the that the person with whom you are talking is recording your conversation. Use of a recorder for recording 2 way conversations is permitted only when the recorder is connected physically to the telephone line through recorder-connector equipment which contains the "beep" tone. End quote The rest of the statement basically says that you can request the person not to record the call, which will be confirmed by the removal of the beep tone on the line. Also, certain emergency reporting systems that record the calls (police and fire depts) do not have to have the beep tone. > Re: playing someone's voice over the air -- THEN you MUST have either > verbal or written consent (the former is often done by taping someone > saying it's okay to use their voice over the air) in order to do so. > And you don't have to have the beep tone on that call. The FCC allows calls to be played live and/or recorded for playback without the beep tone. (The tone generator in the recorder-connector is disconnected). > --Lynn Gold > Public Affairs Director > KFJC-FM Sanford Gardner AT&T Bell Labs ihnp4!homxc!sgard
clif@chinet.UUCP (Clif Flynt) (10/23/87)
As an aside of sorts. If you are recording the conversation because you think you are being given the run-around by some shady outfit, that 15 second beep is very effective in putting the Fear-Of-Whatever into them. You may not get evidence of the malfeasance that you were suspecting them of, but it's more likely that they will do what they tell you they'll do this time. The shady types seem less inclined to doubletalk when they know it's being recorded. (They probably think the recorder is an agent of the Better Business Bureau, or the local Bunko Squad.) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Opinions are my own. I can't imagine why anyone else would want them. Clif Flynt ihnp4!chinet!clif ------------------------------------------------------------------------