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

[William Sutton]

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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