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at 13:49:47 on Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Tim Turner <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>If I have a Bluetooth "network"
>between a phone and a digital camera in my house, is it a "public electronic
>communications network"? No. So what makes it so? Is it simply that the
>network operates in public? I'm not sure.
In PECR, which relies upon Comms Act s151 definitions, it's whether or
not it "wholly or mainly" conveys an ECS.
>I suspect that the reason why it's happening despite the advice on
>the IC website is that the big companies' lawyers don't agree with the
>Commissioner's interpretation.
Me too. (In both senses (1) that's why, and (2) I disagree with the
Commissioner).
>The way I read the regulations, I think there's a loophole and a gush
>of marketing is about to flow through it.
A "loophole" is a bit strong. It's a form of communication that the
Directives didn't seek to regulate. I would speculate that there would
be lots of other problems if Bluetooth [and other point-to-point
wireless transmissions] were in general brought under the wing of this
set of Directives.
--
Roland Perry
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