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by adamgamble 3619 days ago
Any idea if its legal? I assume it is but I have no idea.
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Listening is 100% fine in the USA. Transmission without a ham license, and in certain bands, will net you some fines and maybe jail time.
Any spectrum recordings would almost be guaranteed to include copyrighted content, and in the US distributing those recordings would fall afoul of the DMCA.
That's not how RF works. The courts have heard cases like this. Look up the talk on CreepyDOL from defcon.