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Pirate Radio Stations Challenge Feds

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arr-sailing-the-airwaves-and-flogging-the-listeners dept.

Thundgelmir writes "Yahoo news has an article about how pirate radio is taking on the FCC. It describes the growing trend of low-power FM stations, and their crusade to be heard across the country and around the internet." From the article: "Over four days, a dozen men and women shyly bumped shoulders as they studied schematics and tinkered with romex connectors, resistors, microphone cords, meters, sockets and capacitors — the stuff of illegal radio stations. 'We're not stealing anything. We're claiming something that's rightfully ours,' he says. His goal is to create FM radio stations faster than the FCC can shut them down ... 'It's always been our position that if enough people go on the air with their stations, the FCC will be overwhelmed and unable to respond.'"

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  1. Re:I think for us, especially... by chawly · · Score: 1, Redundant
    I saw this bit
    no well-worn slashdot joke...this is about a very fundamental thing (who "owns" the airwaves)
    and I really couldn't help wondering if the ancient "All your airwaves are belong to us" might not be fitting here. It is very well worn, and - at least for me - rather appropriate. What do you others think ?
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  2. In the age of internet radio by JWideman · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There is no need for pirate radio. The whole pirate radio thing is about "fighting the Man". The Man does not (yet) control internet radio. It's a battle you don't need to fight.

  3. One little detail. by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It's always been our position that if enough people go on the air with their stations, the FCC will be overwhelmed and unable to respond.


    If enough people go on the air with their stations, then the interference will render all the stations useless. There is a limited number of frequencies and if stations are too close together, you get interference. Interference degrages the usefullness of radio by decreasing the signal to noise ratio. You kill that which you would use.

    Plain and simple, too many cooks spoil the pie.
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  4. Re:somewhat true, but... by AK+Marc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In the US it is sexual harrassment is the other person percieves it as harrassment or if it creates a hostil environment.

    And that is not a crime. What was posted earlier quoting the law indicates that it may be illegal (a civil matter) but is not a criminal matter. Without an order from a judge, the police shouldn't get involved in civil matters, so back to the point, the police should never stop nor arrest someone for yelling fuck in a public place.

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