Originally Posted By: eddie1261
@herb

Isn't the consent law different in different states? Some state does not require 2 party consent.


You are half right. Wiretapping, and recording phone and live conversations are covered by federal law and a confusing network of state laws. I think the common thread in those laws is that without a warrant, the recorded party must be informed in one way or another that they are being recorded.

Read this: Recording phone calls and conversations It is a good read and may help to answer the questions on this topic.

When my company installs camera systems we always place signage at the entrance to the recording area in a business.

Public common areas are, as I said previously, fair game, and you have no expectation of privacy on a public street, for example. You are free to record video on a street. However, recording audio crosses that line. BUT.... with today's smart phones and everyone has a video camera that records audio.... the waters get a bit murky. I think the deciding factor in a court would be "intent". There's a huge difference between shooting a video of your kid at a park, vs zooming in to snoop on two people talking at a restaurant table surreptitiously.

In this business, recording audio along with video is a HUGE "NO NO". Fortunately, the laws for recording audio have some common sense otherwise you'd have to have everyone in the audience "sign off" at a concert to record a live show.

I call some tech support lines from time to time that play a message before you are connected to the technician that states, "This call may be recorded for training purposes", and you have the option to not talk to the tech. Back in the day there used to be a beep every 15 seconds to let you know the conversation was being recorded.

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