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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.