Isn't he a citizen and current resident of Canada?
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by BizarreByte on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:25PM
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Yep and it's completely legal here too as long as one participant knows and is fine with it being recorded (him in this instance).
It might be legal from Canada's perspective, but that doesn't necessarily mean legal action couldn't be taken in the US. Is there something specific to the law on recording phone calls that makes this not a problem?
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by SirensOfTitan on Thursday June 08, 2023 @05:31PM
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Reddit is unlikely to sue Christian for recording these calls, it would be an extension of what is already a PR nightmare for them.
How do you launch a lawsuit in your own country against a person that lives, works, and operates in and is a citizen of another country? That would be truly bizarre.
Illegal wiretapping is a crime, not a civil tort.
You can sue anyone for anything anywhere, but I cannot imagine the Canadian police being interested in a citizen doing something lawful in Canada if the California (or wherever) cops call to complain be broke a Californian law.
And I can even less imagine a civil action demanding damages or court actions in Canada for doing something legal there. It would be like a Saudi company suing a US driving school that teaches women.
I don't think there's a there there as far as liability or worry. IANAL, of course.
Even a specific point in the law that specify that you can record audio without informing about it, as long as you are part of the conversation yourself.
§205 : https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-05-20-28/KAPITTEL_2-...
EDIT: See now that he was in Canada when it was recorded, and they have the same kind of laws.