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Old 11-04-2009, 05:54 PM   #38 (permalink)
Algernon
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Originally Posted by BitterFlower View Post
A few years ago, a journalist who was trying to get a story on a shady politician (before he committed suicide) lost his job and got into legal trouble for secretly recording their final conversation.
But wasn't that a phone conversation?

That would be a wiretapping violation. And that should remain illegal in most cases.

If someone is operating in public, especially "performing" for cameras, and then there are "extra" cameras, that doesn't seem to me like it should be a crime.

And in bathrooms, the law is ass backward! Just use common sense. What would be more uncomfortable for most people: having bits of a conversation exposed, or having their privates exposed?
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