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Post by ursamajor on Jul 10, 2010 21:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by winstonoboogie on Jul 11, 2010 12:37:04 GMT -5
I thought recording phone conversations was illegal unless both parties are at least aware of the recordings? If this is true, it is horrifying! Unless it's faked...I know Mel Gibson is already on Hollywood's hate list after his statements after his arrest (and after "The Passion"!) I used to like him as an actor, but if all of this is true, I'm not so sure...
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 11, 2010 14:29:50 GMT -5
I thought recording phone conversations was illegal unless both parties are at least aware of the recordings? If this is true, it is horrifying! Unless it's faked...I know Mel Gibson is already on Hollywood's hate list after his statements after his arrest (and after "The Passion"!) I used to like him as an actor, but if all of this is true, I'm not so sure... It is a Federal and State analysis. The last I researched it, it is not a Federal crime if one is a party to a telephone call and records it even without the knowledge or consent of the other party. A U.S. Supreme Court case once ruled that one does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy as a party to a telephone conversation as to that other party. If you are not a party to the call, you may not record it or it is wiretapping. A husband could not record conversations between his wife and lover under Federal law. State law varies from state to state. My state probably follows the Federal rule(there are some conflicting cases, thus some legal uncertainty) thus this woman could tape her calls with Mel as long as she is a party if she was in Indiana. In Maryland it is illegal as Linda Tripp found out when she got in trouble for taping calls she had with Monica Lewinski. Mel Gibson has a real problem with hate.
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