[TriLUG] OT - well, I do want to save the file on Linux

Glenn Meyer glenn at glennmeyer.com
Tue May 3 12:07:52 EDT 2005


I think it would be easy to justify the taping because the employee 
himself initiated the recording into the voice mail system.

Distribution may be another problem (unless you delete anything that 
would identify the person).

William Sutton wrote:

>While I'd be just as interested in hearing some of these babblings myself, 
>I'm curious as to the legal implications of this proposal.
>
>I can see where taping an employee calling in sick could be justified on 
>business reasons, but what about the subsequent redistribution of those 
>recordings?
>
>William
>
>On Mon, 2 May 2005, Greg Brown wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I have a friend who works in Minnesota.  He has an employee who is 
>>always calling into work sick on Monday morning and is obviously 
>>calling very drunk or stoned - perhaps both.  Some of his incoherent 
>>rambles are hilarious so we are investigating ways to record these 
>>voicemails for later posterity.  Saving them directly on the system is 
>>out of the question.  I need to call in via a phone line then record 
>>these vmails in the highest possible quality.  I then need to edit the 
>>files to beep out specific names and references, but other then that 
>>I'd just like to save them.  OOG format is okay, but mp3 is preferred 
>>for iPod playback.
>>
>>I've got a couple linux boxes and several macs to work with.  Whatever 
>>works best.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>    
>>




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