Illinois is about to ban the act of rebroadcasting scanner audio over the internet, specifically from their new statewide Starcom21 P25 System.
It also criminalizes discussion of anything heard on the system that is not intended for the general public. This makes a new interpretation of "signals which are NOT "readily accessible to the public" essentially making a double jeopardy situation for anyone mentioning anything that occurs in real life that would incidentally be broadcast by the state police.
HB 5194
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/bil...0&GA=96&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=50142&SessionID=76
It also criminalizes discussion of anything heard on the system that is not intended for the general public. This makes a new interpretation of "signals which are NOT "readily accessible to the public" essentially making a double jeopardy situation for anyone mentioning anything that occurs in real life that would incidentally be broadcast by the state police.
HB 5194
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/bil...0&GA=96&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=50142&SessionID=76
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