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Nola_Lifer wrote:Eavesdropping Laws Mean That Turning On an Audio Recorder Could Send You to Prison

In Illinois, you can't film you own arrest. You have to make sure you get permission from police officers. What happens if they refuse?

Although law-enforcement officials can legally record civilians in private or public, audio-recording a law-enforcement officer, state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, attorney general, assistant attorney general or judge in the performance of his or her duties is a Class 1 felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Woodruff wrote:

Nola_Lifer wrote:Eavesdropping Laws Mean That Turning On an Audio Recorder Could Send You to Prison

In Illinois, you can't film you own arrest. You have to make sure you get permission from police officers. What happens if they refuse?

See, this is what you don't understand...this is a very important law! Without this law, when the cop turns off his vehicle camera, he might get in trouble or something!

phantomzero wrote:

Although law-enforcement officials can legally record civilians in private or public, audio-recording a law-enforcement officer, state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, attorney general, assistant attorney general or judge in the performance of his or her duties is a Class 1 felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Lol, who do you think wrote the law?

jonesthecurl wrote:Doesn't that make the TV news illegal?
Or do they always get the consent of every passer-by?

Nola_Lifer wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

Nola_Lifer wrote:Eavesdropping Laws Mean That Turning On an Audio Recorder Could Send You to Prison

In Illinois, you can't film you own arrest. You have to make sure you get permission from police officers. What happens if they refuse?

See, this is what you don't understand...this is a very important law! Without this law, when the cop turns off his vehicle camera, he might get in trouble or something!

Then why word it so that citizens can't film?

Woodruff wrote:

Nola_Lifer wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

Nola_Lifer wrote:Eavesdropping Laws Mean That Turning On an Audio Recorder Could Send You to Prison

In Illinois, you can't film you own arrest. You have to make sure you get permission from police officers. What happens if they refuse?

See, this is what you don't understand...this is a very important law! Without this law, when the cop turns off his vehicle camera, he might get in trouble or something!

Then why word it so that citizens can't film?

You seem to have overlooked my sarcasm...I must not have been clear enough with it. Sorry about that.

jonesthecurl wrote:Doesn't that make the TV news illegal?
Or do they always get the consent of every passer-by?

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Who actually supports such laws? I'm wondering what kind of person would support such a grossly abusive law?

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.

Woodruff wrote:

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Who actually supports such laws? I'm wondering what kind of person would support such a grossly abusive law?

Law enforcement, of course. There is now serious discussion of 5,000 spy drones in American airspace within 5 years. For law enforcement, of course.

Woodruff wrote:

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Who actually supports such laws? I'm wondering what kind of person would support such a grossly abusive law?

Law enforcement, of course. There is now serious discussion of 5,000 spy drones in American airspace within 5 years. For law enforcement, of course.

Nola_Lifer wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Who actually supports such laws? I'm wondering what kind of person would support such a grossly abusive law?

Law enforcement, of course. There is now serious discussion of 5,000 spy drones in American airspace within 5 years. For law enforcement, of course.

I saw that. I thought drones were used in assassination attempts. What will they be used for? Speeding tickets? Spying in general?

tkr4lf wrote:

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.

PLAYER57832 wrote:

jonesthecurl wrote:Doesn't that make the TV news illegal?
Or do they always get the consent of every passer-by?

This applies only to police officers, not the general public.

As a practical point, police can tell media folks to leave/stop taping basically whenever they wish. Average people generally can only ask them to leave private property, not forbid taping from public areas. I HOPE this is seen as stepping to far, but fear it will be "justified".

This touches on something that actually does need to change. I don't think a passerby or Googleearth, for that matter, ought to be able to look down onto someone's private patio or hedged yard, never mind in someone's window. BUT..that would be an entirely different thread.

The Illinois Eavesdropping Act has been on the books for years. It makes it a criminal offense to audio-record either private or public conversations without the consent of all parties, Mr. Schwartz said. Audio-recording a civilian without consent is a Class 4 felony, punishable by up to three years in prison for a first-time offense. A second offense is a Class 3 felony with a possible prison term of five years.

Although law-enforcement officials can legally record civilians in private or public, audio-recording a law-enforcement officer, state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney, attorney general, assistant attorney general or judge in the performance of his or her duties is a Class 1 felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.