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To: xzins
Is there actually a law against recording and playing a phone conversation with a business?

There might be one that has been categorically ignored for years except for use as part of a broader criminal investigation.

Shows like 60 Minutes and 20-20 routinely have segments where they secretly record phone calls with businesses, so do nearly all local news shows.

Moreover, the fact that the bakery owner REPOSTED the video is pretty much de facto consent to the recording.

21 posted on 04/10/2015 12:53:18 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

No, those laws are not categorically denied. Shows like 60 Minutes and 20-20 routinely have secret recordings, yes, but they are careful to do so only in states that permit such recordings (”one-party consent” states). Florida is a “two-party consent” state, meaning that both parties to a conversation must consent to the recording of the conversation. News agencies are well versed in what they can and cannot do in various states; activists like this guy ought to get themselves caught up as well.


39 posted on 04/10/2015 1:51:54 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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