I agree. If I lived near a drive in movie theater and could see the screen from my window and tune my radio to the sound track, would I be breaking the law? I think not. As we all know the light and radio waves from the drive in are part of the EM spectrum. I am just receiving the signals from the movie just as I might receive the signals from a satellite broadcasting EM onto my property.
Yes, but on the other hand, if you receive a book in the mail that you never ordered, you have the legal right to keep it and read it even though you never paid for it. The same should hold true for EM signals that you never ordered but are being sent to you anyway.
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I agree. If I lived near a drive in movie theater and could see the screen from my window and tune my radio to the sound track, would I be breaking the law? I think not. As we all know the light and radio waves from the drive in are part of the EM spectrum. I am just receiving the signals from the movie just as I might receive the signals from a satellite broadcasting EM onto my property.
Yes, but on the other hand, if you receive a book in the mail that you never ordered, you have the legal right to keep it and read it even though you never paid for it. The same should hold true for EM signals that you never ordered but are being sent to you anyway.