Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS

jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION 
> The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or
> possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled
> descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas.  Tandy Corporation's
> legal department is researching this and the product has been removed
> from RSU distribution.  DO NOT take order or sell this product until
> this situation can be resolved.

I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this,
and they're "going to have somebody call me back."  I'm not holding my
breath...

If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's
mindboggling.

thad
-- Thaddeus Beier                     thad@hammerhead.com
   Visual Effects Supervisor                408) 287-6770
   Hammerhead Productions  http://www.got.net/people/thad

Time to debunk this rumor.

I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:

"It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city
ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."

-Declan


>jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
>> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
>> The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or
>> possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled
>> descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas.  Tandy Corporation's
>> legal department is researching this and the product has been removed
>> from RSU distribution.  DO NOT take order or sell this product until
>> this situation can be resolved.
>
>I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this,
>and they're "going to have somebody call me back."  I'm not holding my
>breath...
>
>If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's
>mindboggling.
>
>thad
>-- Thaddeus Beier                     thad@hammerhead.com
>   Visual Effects Supervisor                408) 287-6770
>   Hammerhead Productions  http://www.got.net/people/thad



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I thought it a bit strange that "the state police" declared something to 
be illegal; I didn't think they made laws, even in Arkansas.

OTOH, somebody may be trying to boost sales (quick! get one before it's 
banned!) ...

-r.w.

On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Time to debunk this rumor.
> 
> I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:
> 
> "It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city
> ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."
> 
> -Declan
> 
> 
> >jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
> >> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
> >> The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or
> >> possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled
> >> descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas.  Tandy Corporation's
> >> legal department is researching this and the product has been removed
> >> from RSU distribution.  DO NOT take order or sell this product until
> >> this situation can be resolved.
> >
> >I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this,
> >and they're "going to have somebody call me back."  I'm not holding my
> >breath...
> >
> >If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's
> >mindboggling.
> >
> >thad
> >-- Thaddeus Beier                     thad@hammerhead.com
> >   Visual Effects Supervisor                408) 287-6770
> >   Hammerhead Productions  http://www.got.net/people/thad
> 
> 
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Down here in arkansas, we're still wondering who told
you this in the first place?
MacN

On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Time to debunk this rumor.
>
> I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:
>
> "It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city
> ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."
>
> -Declan
>
>
> >jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
> >> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
> >> The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or
> >> possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled
> >> descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas.  Tandy Corporation's
> >> legal department is researching this and the product has been removed
> >> from RSU distribution.  DO NOT take order or sell this product until
> >> this situation can be resolved.
> >
> >I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this,
> >and they're "going to have somebody call me back."  I'm not holding my
> >breath...
> >
> >If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's
> >mindboggling.
> >
> >thad
> >-- Thaddeus Beier                     thad@hammerhead.com
> >   Visual Effects Supervisor                408) 287-6770
> >   Hammerhead Productions  http://www.got.net/people/thad
>
>
>
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Declan McCullagh sez:
> 
> Time to debunk this rumor.
> 
> I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:
> 
> "It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city
> ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."


I have past experience with the individual cited in the original
message. I'd rather believe a politician's spin doctor.

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