$16,000 Fine For Recording Telephone Conversation for Broadcast Without Prior Permission

A Blog entry by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney, David Oxenford summarizes two recent fines concerning the recording and broadcasting of phone conversations.  The entry states that one station was fined $16, 000 and another $4,000.

Oxenford makes an important note that the decision is clear “that the violation occurs as soon as the person at the other end says “hello”, if a recorder is running, even if the person being recorded subsequently consents to the broadcast of the call.”

Read the actual orders for the $16,000 and $4,000 violations.