On 21 January 2011 21:47, Ian Batten <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:igb@batten.eu.org">igb@batten.eu.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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And when I type "1571", and listen to a message to my wife, have I intercepted it, and did I do so lawfully.<br>
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On what basis is it legal, whereas other scenarios are illegal?<font color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote><div><br>Roland does seem to be asking rather than declaiming - and as you clearly do, I think it a valid question. The answer being "the law is an ass" but, as ever, the lawmakers being ass's arses, I can't see it being improved in the near future.<br>
</div></div><br>Cynically thine,<br><br>M<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Pemble<br><br><br>