The situations are different. The video restriction is to prevent being
sued for the user's injuries sustained while driving distracted - like
when you poke your arm under a running lawn mower, not for the possible
legal consequence of the user's violating state law.
I'm actually surprised the GPS companies haven't started doing
that on consumer devices - although I think I had a rental car a year or
so back that claimed to have such restriction. I didn't try it out,
though, because I had my own GPS and the rental company wanted to charge
extra to use its system.
On 2/14/2010 10:57 PM, ldouglas wrote:
>
>
> true - but you still see car manufacturers restricting in-dash video
> systems while the car is in motion because of legal (or potential
> legal) reasons.
>
> On 2/14/10, John Messeder <[email protected]
> <mailto:jmesseder%40comcast.net>> wrote:
> > Depending on the state, at least one party must consent. In Pa. it takes
> > both parties' consent.
> > All which goes out the window if you're the federal Justice Dept.
> > News item Friday said DoJ has appealed a lower court decision that
> > refused to allow Justice access to personal phone records without a
> warrant.
> > But for those of us who take the Constitution seriously, you are
> > exactly correct. Still, making the capability available does not give
> > Palm responsibility for a user's illegal actions. Anyway, all the Treos
> > had the capability to record notes, and I think in the PalmOS days there
> > was an app that allowed recording phone conversations.
> >
> > On 2/14/2010 9:38 PM, ldouglas wrote:
> >> isn't there a legal reason behind recording phone conversations
> >
>
>
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