re Boston police fight cellphone recordings

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Abe Singer <abe () oyvay nu>
> Date: January 13, 2010 5:36:20 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] re  Boston police fight cellphone recordings

> Dr. Farber,
>
> For IP if you wish...
>
> If the two-party consent law indeed supports such charges for  
> videotaping
> during an arrest, it seems to me that in MA (and the 11 other states),
> every single tourist using a videocamera who records anyone other than
> themselves should get charged and found guilty of the same violation.
>
> -- Abe
>
> > > From: Timothy Lyons <lyons () geekcq com>
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] Boston police fight cellphone recordings
> > >
> > > Like 11 other states, Massachusetts is a two-party consent state,
> > > meaning that all parties to a conversation must agree to be recorded
> > > on telephones or other audio devices. Police in Boston and elsewhere
> > > have used the law to arrest videographers who use cameras with audio
> > > recording capabilities.



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