jhwker
Member
Put a live feed on my website rebroadcasting KHP conventional and trunked county safety. Within one day I got a call from one of our local law enforcement officers telling me to shut it down. He said that if I did not have written permission from each agency rebroadcasted that I was looking to get fined heavily. He also told me that if he ever caught me with a portable scanner on my person or in my car he was going to confiscate the hardware and run me before a judge.
I have searched the Kansas Statutes and read a few of the discussions on the subject of rebroadcasting and as far as the Kansas Statutes go there is nothing saying you can not rebroadcast. The discussions I have read are clear as mud, some say don't do it and some say it is OK.
I figure that if Kansas feeds can be carried on RadioReference without the operators being arrested and their equipment confiscated that it should be a safe bet that I can rebroadcast on my personal site. As far as having a scanner in the car or on my person that is not something I do often at all. And then only at an airshow or some other event.
Anyone know exactly what is legal? Is this officer making up his own set of rules or is there something there?
Confused...
I have searched the Kansas Statutes and read a few of the discussions on the subject of rebroadcasting and as far as the Kansas Statutes go there is nothing saying you can not rebroadcast. The discussions I have read are clear as mud, some say don't do it and some say it is OK.
I figure that if Kansas feeds can be carried on RadioReference without the operators being arrested and their equipment confiscated that it should be a safe bet that I can rebroadcast on my personal site. As far as having a scanner in the car or on my person that is not something I do often at all. And then only at an airshow or some other event.
Anyone know exactly what is legal? Is this officer making up his own set of rules or is there something there?
Confused...