This is how people ruin it for scanner owners!

[MrBruce]

I understand your frustration on the matter at hand, but it is not illegal to do this. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean it is wrong. And to think that you reached out personally to the owner of this steam is gutsy. If someone reached out to me about my streams and why they think it's wrong, I would tell them to pound sand.

Unlike you, as I said, I know this person personally. I reached out to them as a friend, or we was one at that time.
Your solution is nothing more than his way of thinking. Anything worth monitoring here is already P25 Phase 1 or P25 Phase II
As more and more agencies join CLMN P25 Phase II more will find a reason to resort to full encryption.

I have already mentioned that Rhode Island is full encryption 24/7 and I am close enough to get a strong signal from Westerly if they weren't.
I do not know why you would spend so much on scanner equipment just to listen to communications a Realistic Pro-2006 can receive which is cheaper and does the job. What's the point of a P25 Phase II capable scanner if everything related to that system is encrypted? Seems kind of like wasted money on something that an old scanner can also monitor.

I only upgraded to a Uniden BCD996P2 because my Pro-2006 did not have P25 capabilities, but other than that for this area does not have any worthwhile traffic left. I could care less about listening to HAM radio, aviation or marine radio communications.

 

[MrBruce]

Any unencrpyted radio transmission is public just by nature. Not even Donald Trump himself could say you aren't allowed to listen on a scanner to an unencrypted radio channel, and/or share videos of such publicly, because it is public to begin with.
I'm sure this guy posting videos invested a hefty amount of money into his equipment too, and while you don't agree with his practices, he has every right to do so.

So that is your assessment? It's okay to steal because it's out there in the public spotlight? Is that what you are saying and support? While he makes money to pay for his scanners or what'not, it's okay for him to turn my scanner into a boat anchor over his greed?

So broadcasting is public domain just because its public? I do not understand your theory here. Try publicly rebroadcasting television or radio services and see if it's okay and be sure to contact the broadcaster you are stealing content from and making money from and see where that goes. Just because it's PUBLIC does not mean you own it or have the rebroadcast rights to it. I am talking in general here, not just about a law enforcement transmission. If it was my services and you used them for personal gain just because it's PUBLIC, we would see each other in a less than favorable legal situation. Be careful who you stick up for, he has many piracy issues coming out of his box of tricks.

 

[EAFrizzle]

Broadcast stations transmit copyrighted material. Public Safety systems dont.

 

[EAFrizzle]

Which is why Broadcastify = OK and LoCast ≠ OK.

 

[BD70]

Where are you getting your info that Rhode Island is 24/7 encrypted? If you took one second to look at the database here, plus take a look over at Scan New England, you would know that not everything is encrypted 24/7, police and all. Westerly is just ONE of many towns and cities in Rhode Island. Just because Westerly PD uses it full time, does not mean every other agency uses it full time.

 

[PurityControl2]

So that is your assessment? It's okay to steal because it's out there in the public spotlight? Is that what you are saying and support? While he makes money to pay for his scanners or what'not, it's okay for him to turn my scanner into a boat anchor over his greed?

So broadcasting is public domain just because its public? I do not understand your theory here. Try publicly rebroadcasting television or radio services and see if it's okay and be sure to contact the broadcaster you are stealing content from and making money from and see where that goes. Just because it's PUBLIC does not mean you own it or have the rebroadcast rights to it. I am talking in general here, not just about a law enforcement transmission. If it was my services and you used them for personal gain just because it's PUBLIC, we would see each other in a less than favorable legal situation. Be careful who you stick up for, he has many piracy issues coming out of his box of tricks.

Can I ask you something? What is the desired result of this thread of yours? Just to vent? Looking for action to be taken against the COMPLETELY LEGAL streamer? You said "I was told Rhode Island went to fulltime encryption" due to people livestreaming like the guy you're very upset about. That is completely false information. Take five minutes to go look through the RRDB listing for the RISCON system and the rest of Rhode Island. The encrypted agencies are the extreme minority. Chances are the people you're talking to mistake digital for encryption. There is NO SHORTAGE of stuff to listen to in your area, even on the CLMRN in New London County, and the area of Norwich. In addition to that, encryption has to go through a lot of hoops. It isn't likely whatsoever that the chief of the department just wakes up one day and says "I'm sick of so and so streaming our transmissions! We need to go encrypted!" It is an entire process that has to be approved by multiple councils, meetings, whatever. All of that takes a lot of time, especially if radios are being upgraded/purchased or new infrastructure put in place. You are all fired up over nothing that even applies to you. Westerly is indeed encrypted, but they are one of the very few that are in your area. This whole thread is total nonsense that shouldn't even be in the Connecticut section. Should have been somewhere else.

 

[RaleighGuy]

So that is your assessment? It's okay to steal because it's out there in the public spotlight? Is that what you are saying and support? While he makes money to pay for his scanners or what'not, it's okay for him to turn my scanner into a boat anchor over his greed?

So broadcasting is public domain just because its public? I do not understand your theory here. Try publicly rebroadcasting television or radio services and see if it's okay and be sure to contact the broadcaster you are stealing content from and making money from and see where that goes. Just because it's PUBLIC does not mean you own it or have the rebroadcast rights to it. I am talking in general here, not just about a law enforcement transmission. If it was my services and you used them for personal gain just because it's PUBLIC, we would see each other in a less than favorable legal situation. Be careful who you stick up for, he has many piracy issues coming out of his box of tricks.

1. No one is stealing anything.
2. By your logic Broadcastify and local media using what is heard on the scanner should be shut down.
3. Many areas other than yours have been encrypted or are going encrypted, you can't blame one person for encryption across the world.

 

[K9KLC]

Good thing "AI" is wrong.

"Generally, no, it is not legal to rebroadcast police dispatch transmissions without permission. Federal law (specifically, Section 705 of the Communications Act)prohibits the interception and divulgence of radio communications without authorization. Rebroadcasting falls under this prohibition."

 

[mikewazowski]

OP has made his point.