Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!hplabs!guest From: guest@hplabs.UUCP (HP Labs Guest/guest) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.legal Subject: Re: Satellite dish cleanup : Technical Practicalities Message-ID: <733@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 16:23:31 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabs.733 Posted: Fri Aug 17 16:23:31 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 03:40:39 EDT References: <705@security.uucp> <385@vortex.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 17 1) The key issue here is whether someone granted a frequency band by the FCC, can insist upon their broadcasts being completely private such that no one that is not authorized by them cannot monitor the transmissions. The argument of the MDS people is that section 605 of the comm. act of 1934 says that unauthorized persons cannot receive these signals for "benefit". Whatever this means or whatever interpretation of this statement is taken is a matter for the courts to decide. 2) I suppose the next step is for the PBS stations to start suing people who watch their programming without subscribing! 3) I think the electromagnetic spectrum belongs to everyone just as does the moon and the sky. It should be monitored by the public. If someone expects to transmit "private communications" using this media, the burden of security should rest with them.