Pirate Radio is now legal

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Pirate Radio is now legal

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I have been exploring the recent SCOTUS decision (see below) and I've reviewed how the FCC regulates and determines fines for violators of their rules.

According to this, the FCC currently has no teeth to enforce Pirate stations. All the rules and fines since 1996 are no longer explicitly deemed by Congress.

I now can step on any signal I want and the FCC can't impose any punishment.
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Completely wrong. Congress not only authorized the FCC to go after pirates, but it has demanded it go after pirates.

https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2023/0 ... n-the-way/

This is NOT Chevron at all. Read the law: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-con ... l/583/text
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audiophile wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 11:05 pm Completely wrong. Congress not only authorized the FCC to go after pirates, but it has demanded it go after pirates.

https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2023/0 ... n-the-way/

This is NOT Chevron at all. Read the law: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-con ... l/583/text
I wonder if they would bother with signals outside the service area of the top 10 markets.

It would be interesting to see that fine fought in court. These brothers were actually doing the work the FCC was designed to support.

At this point a streaming station would have a bigger impact than 2015 when they started.
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