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  From: Kevin Thomas <kevin.thomas@salotteries.sa.gov.au>
  To  : ">"'Phil Pittard'" , linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:39:03 +0930

RE: "Listen to Cel.Phones via the I'net"

Regarding listening to cel-phones etc. I believe it's not illegal to listen
to transmissions providing you do not use what you hear in an illegal way.
Otherwise any body listening to CB or Ham radio with a scanner would be
breaking the law. As a (ex) radio tech - I used to use known transmissions
on VHF/UHF as frequency markers and get a laugh from some of the content...

Kevin, VK5KKS...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Phil Pittard [SMTP:vk5ham@seol.net.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, 24 June 1999 12:26
> To:	linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject:	Re: "Listen to Cel.Phones via the I'net"
> 
> C4IS wrote:
> 
> > This is *not* about the recent SlashDot.org
> > article under a similar title...
> >
> > Rather a question for any legal-eagles among
> > the readers of this post...
> >
> > Suppose that, using a remotely-controlled
> > scanning receiver (e.g. Swedish's JavaRadio;
> > c.f. www.JavaRadio.com for details or to use),
> > one were to intentionally listen to cellular tele-
> > phone conversations taking place in one coun-
> > try, i.e. while the listener was sitting (at an I'net
> > terminal) in another country altogether...
> >
> > Suppose that listening to cel.tel conversations
> > in *that* (the listener's) country were unlawful.
> >
> > Would there be any violation of the law in the
> > above case?
> >
> > In the case that the wording of the legislation
> > fails to take into consideration this very real
> > possibility, should it?
> >
> > (Disclaimer:  This is *not* AFAIK anybody's
> > homework from a law course... ;)
> >
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> 
> AFAIK Australian Law is that it is "somewhat" ILLEGAL to monitor ANY
> telephone transmission INCLUDING SHIP_TO_SHORE,
> RADIO TELEPHONE, MOBILE etc etc - the method by which you LISTEN is not,
> to my knowledge, actually defined...
> the mere act of  in any way causes an Offence to be committed regardless
> of the  origin/destination of the transmission (ie/ it doesnt matter
> whether its domestic or international traffic... if its a phone call of
> any kind you are being naughty!)
> Having said that... they gotta catch you at it first  ;))
> 
> Phil
> 
> --
> Phil Pittard
> Amateur Radio Station: VK5HAM
> http://www.vk5ham.au.com
> 
> 
> 
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