At 11:06 AM 8/3/94, Matthew D. Finlayson wrote:

On Wed, 3 Aug 1994, Paul J. Ste. Marie wrote:

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The US is a signatory to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaties that allocate various parts of the radio spectrum for different uses around the world. One of those treaties (or some part of one; I forget which) prohibits the use of encryption to "obscure meaning."

So how is it that the satellite companies are allowed to encrypt their signals, while individuals are not? Another example where corporations have greater rights than individuals?

--Paul

Who are these satellite companies?

I work for a major international record carrier and I have no encryption on any of the earth stations in my inventory.

--Matt

You mean that pay-per-view satellite TV is *not* encrypted? b& -- Ben.Goren@asu.edu, Arizona State University School of Music net.proselytizing (write for info): We won! Clipper is dead! BUT! Just say no to key escrow. And stamp out spamming, too. Finger ben@tux.music.asu.edu for PGP 2.3a (soon 2.6) public key.