I don't know! At least, it IS a crime to use a scanner while committing a crime!
A 5-10 minute delay on all streamed transmissions would help thwart the effectiveness of using an app to monitor in real time, and would not really affect the legit hobby listener.
But they didn't use a scanner, so that charge will have to be dropped.
They were caught because they used the app, and it has a delay, so it actually was beneficial to the cops!
I don't know about that. Out-of-state case law proves otherwise
A cell phone is clearly NOT using frequencies assigned to those purposes, otherwise there would be a little more worry about rebanding Plus a cell phone is not a radio receiving set.
Cell phones do all have a radio receiver in them. Cell phone companies and patents still refer to the chip set as a phone "radio".
But they didn't use a scanner, so that charge will have to be dropped.
They were caught because they used the app, and it has a delay, so it actually was beneficial to the cops!
If cell phones didn't "receive" they wouldn't work.
Not sure I follow... The law doesn't say "receiver" - it says "receives public safety frequencies." Clearly cell phones do not have full scanners inside of them.
Free free to continue to debate, but as I mentioned I did meet with a senator last year who is highly interested in public safety and he agrees that the existing law does not cover apps.
By all of GOD's means just take down the app streaming RR owner and founder. Just stop this non-sense and take it down for good.
You are killing the the scanner market and the industry by keeping app streaming up to broadcast to the world.
You are just forcing everybody to ENCRYPT at this point.