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What Does "Copyfight" Mean?
Copyfight, the Solo Years: April 2002-March 2004
1. phr on June 22, 2004 1:04 PM writes...
Numbers stations aren't intended so much to protect the broadcaster's anonymity, as the recipient's. It's not THAT hard to locate a transmitter. But the spies receiving the transmission, with ordinary consumer portable shortwave receivers, can be anywhere in the world. I have a suspicion that this is why the US Govt is so hot to implement broadband over power lines, because it pretty much destroys shortwave reception.
Permalink to Comment2. William Carlton on June 23, 2004 3:49 AM writes...
The recording in question is not from a "NATO radio station". It is from an unnatributed clandestine Numbers Station. Irdial doesnt claim that The Conet Project owns the underlying recording, but it does claim (and rightly) the ownership in the recording containing the transmitted signal. It also absolutely and unquestionably owns the copyright in the discs it makes. This is what WEA infringes when it sells copys of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and it is why they settled.
This particular transmission is believed to be made by MOSSAD, who are the security service from Isreal. The law used to win this case was UK Copyright law, and the transmission was from (so they say) Isreal. It really doesnt have anything to do with the USA at all.
Permalink to Comment3. Books on September 29, 2004 5:24 AM writes...
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