[sudo-discuss] there are no LPFM slots on the FM band in the bay area, period.

[Gregg Horton]

We agree on absolutely nothing so I abstain
On Nov 3, 2013 5:17 PM, "GtwoG PublicOhOne" <g2g-public01 at att.net> wrote:

>
> If someone or a group wants to propose or operate a radio station in an
> act of peaceful civil disobedience, they should research the regs, laws,
> and potential penalties, and talk with an attorney who has represented
> clients who have engaged in similar acts in the past.  That would be a
> project for a group that is not formally identical with SR.
>
> The most successful peaceful civil disobedience actions in the past
> fifty years have been conducted by people who were not only
> well-grounded in principles, but also had trained themselves in how to
> interact in a peaceful and effective manner with all of the people they
> would come into contact with, including law enforcement and government
> officials.  The civil rights movement and the Clamshell Alliance
> anti-nuclear group are excellent examples to study, and much of their
> material can be found online.
>
> All of that said, online/internet radio is still the fastest way to
> reach an audience with no geographic limits or regulatory risks, and
> spreading the word is easy.  Linkage with other online broadcasters can
> build up a seamless network with 24/7/365 coverage.
>
> To challenge the existing AM/FM broadcast status-quo, will inevitably
> require challenging station licenses in order to re-capture spectrum.
> And the best place to start is by challenging the crowding of spectrum
> by multiple redundant right-wing religious broadcasters.  The case for
> it is clear and obvious in any area with strong cultural diversity, and
> a win is a victory on multiple fronts.
>
> Under-thinking, rather than over-thinking, is the risk for failure.
> Reaction is not action.
>
> -G
>
>
> =====
>
>
> On 13-11-03-Sun 4:39 PM, Jake wrote:
> >>> Just put a big fucking antenna on the roof and start broadcasting, if
> >>> you don't, i will, god damnit.
> >>>
> >>> Stop overthinking things and do it.
> >>
> >> Why? So you can inflict a $20,000 fine on Sudo Room as quickly as
> >> humanly possible?
> >
> > it takes a long time and a lot of work and listeners before you even
> > get the ten-day warning, let alone an unenforcable fine.  Don't forget
> > that Berkeley Liberation Radio has been broadcasting for almost ten
> > years now, interrupted more often by their own failures than by two
> > FCC raids where the FCC basically snatched their equipment and fled
> > like cowards.
> >
> > No one at BLR has ever been successfully "fined", and even the NAL
> > (Notice of Apparent Liability) filed against Stephen Dunifer of FRB
> > before them has just sat uncollected, like almost all NALs against
> > pirates, for twenty years now.  Stephen's very public response to the
> > Notice of Apparent Liability was "Apparently not."
> >
> > The FCC's fine enforcement mechanism is to threaten to revoke your
> > stations lisence.  This works when they fine lisenced broadcasters for
> > the seven deadly words or whatever, but filed against an unlisenced
> > person it's a joke.  Witness the fine against Daniel Robert of Pirate
> > Cat Radio, which is an example of a person who put his full name all
> > over everything and even corresponded with the FCC in the mail, making
> > it personal.  They haven't even collected anything from him.
> >
> > here's the story of pirate cat's fine:
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/10/fcc-fines-monkey-man-radio-pirate-10k-war-continues/
> >
> >
> > The point is, if sudoroom decides as a group to broadcast a signal
> > from the roof or wherever (we can stream over the internet you know)
> > then sudoroom can decide for itself whether it wants to keep going
> > after getting a "ten day notice to cease broadcasting" If that EVER
> > happens.
> >
> > http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-264276A1.html
> >
> > and if a broadcast is not coming from the building where sudoroom is,
> > then it is not even a matter for sudoroom to have to decide on.
> > Sudoroom can continue to have an internet streaming radio station and
> > leave it at that.
> >
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