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From: chris@que.UUCP (Chris DeVoney)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone Rate Hike - Pacific Bell
Message-ID: <408@que.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 10:28:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 10:28:02 1985
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> >  I have seen a device that plugs into the phone line and controls a
...
> If I remember correctly, such a device is also quite illegal.  I
> believe that any device that records phone conversations is supposed to
> emit a periodic "beep" to let people know they are being recorded.
...
Being a former newsperson for a couple of radio stations, I believe it
is permissable to record a phone conversation if one party has given its
consent, meaning you can record you own conversations. Recording other
people's phone conversations, your phone or not, is wiretapping and is 
illegal. ABC's 20-20 program about three weeks ago covered this topic.

You do not need to "beep" the conversation every 15 or 30 seconds any more.
This rule was removed about 10 years ago. In the news department, it was
the practice to ask permission to record the conversation first. That is
a courtesy extended to interviewed people. Your own code of ethics apply to
recording your own conversations.
 
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Chris DeVoney				voice: 317/842-7162
Que Corporation				uucp:  ihnp4!inuxc!que!chris
Indianapolis, IN 

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