Posted by Tony Morgan on 07/11/06 16:11

In message <4hhoanF1rqvlfU1@individual.net>, Nigel Brooks
<nbrooks@msn.com> writes
>The person asking the question was from the UK and it might be
>perfectly legal for a private individual to make a consensual
>recording. It is not illegal for individuals to tape conversations
>providing the recording is for their own use, under the Regulation of
>Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

Rubbish. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 can be read at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--b.htm#1

It's scope is clearly defined in Clause 1 as relating to "a public
postal service or a public telecommunication system". It also make it
clear that it's scope is restricted to interception of transmission by
means of a public or private telecommunication system.

I do wish that people did not take things completely out of context (or
in this case - out of scope).

I'd argue that it is transparently clear that the OP's recording of a
face-to-face conversation without one party's permission or knowledge
can never be interpreted as an interception of a transmission of a
telecommunication system.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

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