Aharpo.566
net.followup
utzoo!decvax!harpo!jerry
Wed Apr 28 16:47:24 1982
Re: Watch It! (interception of satellite/pay TV signals)

I am moved to defend the laws forbidding wire-tapping
Maybe you didn't notice them being attacked.
But consider the case of somebody buying property near
the transmission path of a phone company microwave system.
All arguments about 'photons entering my property' would
seem to apply.
(In fact, the rumor is that the Russians have done
this on a large scale.  But they can't be touched
because of diplomatic immunity.)

I'm not taking a position on satelite transmissions.
I am merely defending the right of the government to
regulate that some (not all) kinds of activities involving
transmission of radio signals.


Jerry Schwarz
harpo!jerry

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