Comments on: iPod device illegal, Brits told http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3216 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3216/comment-page-1#comment-7543 Reader's Write Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:27:15 +0000 #comment-7543 The transpod is also legal in north america. It has an effective range of about 50 feet, and can blot out any radio station it is tuned to. the power doesnt seem to be the reason for this.. Im thinking some shinanigans from the BPI. The transpod is also legal in north america. It has an effective range of about 50 feet, and can blot out any radio station it is tuned to.
the power doesnt seem to be the reason for this.. Im thinking some shinanigans from the BPI.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3216/comment-page-1#comment-7528 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:44:04 +0000 #comment-7528 All the low power FM transmitters are illegal to use in the UK. But that doesn't stop people selling them. And I've never ever heard of anyone being prosecuted for using them. While we're on P2P, it's generally breaking copyright law in the UK to copy content from one format to another, eg taping vinyl, ripping to Mp3. It's also probably illegal to use someone else's WiFi or even to run a program like NetStumbler that pings an AP and asks it for its name. None of these laws and rules make any difference to reality. We just ignore them. All the low power FM transmitters are illegal to use in the UK. But that doesn’t stop people selling them. And I’ve never ever heard of anyone being prosecuted for using them.

While we’re on P2P, it’s generally breaking copyright law in the UK to copy content from one format to another, eg taping vinyl, ripping to Mp3. It’s also probably illegal to use someone else’s WiFi or even to run a program like NetStumbler that pings an AP and asks it for its name.

None of these laws and rules make any difference to reality. We just ignore them.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3216/comment-page-1#comment-7524 Reader's Write Tue, 07 Dec 2004 08:09:19 +0000 #comment-7524 I think the summary of this story is a little off base. The iTrip is a short-range FM transmitter. The fear is not that it will "pull in" FM signals and be used for downloading music - rather the concern is that it will interfere with the FM reception of others because it is an unlicensed transmitter. This concern is of course unfounded - these devices operate at very low power and with very short range (less than 30 feet at best). They must be tuned to an unused FM frequency in order not to be overwhelmed by existing FM broadcasts even within a range of a couple of feet. That's why they're perfectly legal in North America. I think the summary of this story is a little off base. The iTrip is a short-range FM transmitter. The fear is not that it will “pull in” FM signals and be used for downloading music – rather the concern is that it will interfere with the FM reception of others because it is an unlicensed transmitter. This concern is of course unfounded – these devices operate at very low power and with very short range (less than 30 feet at best). They must be tuned to an unused FM frequency in order not to be overwhelmed by existing FM broadcasts even within a range of a couple of feet. That’s why they’re perfectly legal in North America.

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