tenney@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> (02/01/90)
In article <1990Jan29.184040.4547@IDA.ORG> roskos@IDA.ORG (Eric Roskos) writes: > ... >No... Unfortunately my copy of the ECPA seems to have gotten lost, but >I remember that the situation with SCA is somewhat strange. The >rationale for the ECPA defines SCA broadcasts, then goes on to exempt >them from ECPA coverage because they are transmitted by a "generally >accessible" communications medium, or words to that effect. But in the > ... Sorry, but the ECPA says "readily accessible to the general public means, with respect to radio communication, that such communications is *not* ... carried on a subcarrier or other signal subsidiary to a radio transmission" In other words, receiving an SCA is technically a violation of the ECPA, but then it would seem that receiving a STEREO FM signal would also be a violation if the stereo were a subcarrier or subsidiary signal -- which it is. The ECPA strikes again making everything illegal. Glenn AA6ER