An interview with one of the guys who was arrested: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/6/twitter_crackdown_nyc_activist_arrested_for
mark cooley wrote: > It is not illegal to have a police scanner in the U.S. The notion that > it is illegal to pass information on to others obtained by such means is > absurd. Anyone can have a scanner and listen to it for themselves, how > would telling someone else what they hear violate any law. This would be > unconstitutional and a clear violation of the first amendment. In fact, > radio stations regularly use scanners to inform commuters where auto > accidents are as a way to limit traffic congestion. I hear them all of > the time. > > It is interesting that the Obama administration recoiled at Iran's > recent use of the same tactics during the "election" protests and > actually, asked Twitter to delay scheduled technical upgrades so that > the protester's actions would not be interrupted. > http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616 > > There was a very good interview today with the defendant and his lawyer > on Democracy > Nowtoday > http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/6/twitter_crackdown_nyc_activist_arrested_for > > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:59:47 +0000 > From: Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pallt...@gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] New York man accused of using Twitter to > direct protesters during G20 summit. > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=netbehavi...@netbehaviour.org>> > Message-ID: > <e3a34e0e0910050159j7bda4c8bi5eb5602e15df7...@mail.gmail.com > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=e3a34e0e0910050159j7bda4c8bi5eb5602e15df7...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > ps. I think the REAL concern regarding this issue is that they found > it somehow relevant to "remove anarchist literature and pictures of > Marx and Lenin." As if that is somehow illegal or can serve as > evidence of some crime. > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pallt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> No, actually, I looked it up and using police scanners is not illegal >> in the US. However passing the information on to others is. >> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:17 AM, dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dave.miller...@gmail.com>> > wrote: >> > I wondered about that as well, what laws did they break? I suspect >> > that using emergency frequency radio scanners is illegal, but this >> > article suggests it's illegal to organise protest. >> > >> > >> > 2009/10/4 Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pallt...@gmail.com>>: >> >> Oh, according to Wikipedia it is illegal to "disclose information >> >> received to other persons" when using a police scanner. >> >> >> >> marc garrett wrote: >> >>> New York man accused of using Twitter to direct protesters during G20 >> >>> summit. >> >>> >> >>> Elliott Madison arrested by FBI and charged with using social > networking >> >>> site to help demonstrators evade Pittsburgh police. >> >>> >> >>> About 5,000 protesters are estimated to have taken part in >> >>> demonstrations in Pittsburgh during the G20 summit. Photograph: Brian >> >>> Blanco/EPA >> >>> >> >>> A New York-based anarchist has been arrested by the FBI and charged > with >> >>> hindering prosecution after he allegedly used the social networking > site >> >>> Twitter to help protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh evade > the police. >> >>> >> >>> Elliot Madison, 41, from Queens, had his home raided and was put on >> >>> $30,000 (?19,000) bail after he and Michael Wallschlaeger, 46, were >> >>> tracked to the Carefree Inn motel in Pittsburgh during the summit on 24 >> >>> and 25 September. >> >>> >> >>> The pair were found sitting in front of a bank of laptops and emergency >> >>> frequency radio scanners. They were wearing headphones and microphones >> >>> and had many maps and contact numbers in the room. >> >>> >> >>> Official police documents allege the two men used Twitter messages to >> >>> contact protesters at the summit "and to inform the protesters and >> >>> groups of the movements and actions of law enforcement". >> >>> >> >>> In all, almost 200 protesters were arrested during the two-day summit, >> >>> which brought world leaders to Pittsburgh to discuss the global > economic >> >>> meltdown and other matters of common financial interest. >> >>> >> >>> About 5,000 protesters were estimated to have taken part in >> >>> demonstrations in the city. >> >>> >> >>> more... >> >>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/man-arrested-twitter-g20-us/print >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >> >>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=netbehavi...@netbehaviour.org> >> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
