> Yes, it is, if the screaming is between you and another person and not addressed at the public. CPC 632 disagrees with you. California is a two-party consent

> Yes, it is, if the screaming is between you and another person and not addressed at the public. CPC 632 disagrees with you. California is a two-party consent state when it comes to recording of conversations, but it does not require consent of both of the communicating parties if "...the parties to the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded." [0] I expect that you'd be hard-pressed to find a judge who would buy your theory that someone screaming out in public on the street corner would not reasonably expect that their communication might be overheard... regardless of to whom they were addressing their screams. > Actually the law says "yes". At least in all the countries in which secrecy of telecommunications laws are in place. ... The general outline has been laid out by the ITU... AFAIK, telecommunications law does not cover shouting-with-one's-vocal-cords-without-electronic-assistance-in-public. Do you have court decisions or rulings (that were not later overturned) that say otherwise? [0] http://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-632.html http://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-632.html