{"id":31979,"date":"2018-05-11T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31979"},"modified":"2018-05-11T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:26:14","slug":"the-pirate-act-promises-fines-up-to-100000-per-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/the-pirate-act-promises-fines-up-to-100000-per-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The “PIRATE Act” promises fines up to $100,000 per day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio World<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

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Pirate Radio Bill Formally Introduced<\/h2>\n

Bipartisan legislation designed to thwart and penalize radio pirates and supporters<\/strong><\/p>\n

BY SUSAN ASHWORTH, MAY 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another legislative step has been taken in the effort to fight illegal pirate radio operations.<\/p>\n

On May 8, Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) formally introduced a bill to Congress designed to thwart and penalize illegal radio operations.<\/p>\n

Known as the \u2018\u2018Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act,\u201d the PIRATE Act will increase the ability of the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on pirate activity by increasing fines, streamlining enforcement and placing liability those who facilitate illegal radio broadcasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time to take these pirates off the air by hiking the penalties and working with the Federal Communications Commission on enforcement,\u201d Lance said in a statement. Chairman Pai and Commissioner O\u2019Rielly have been able partners in making sure these broadcasts are stopped. This bill will give the FCC even more tools to take down these illegal broadcasts.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a commissioner who has long been searching for more Congressional authority to address pirate radio operations, FCC Commissioner Michael O\u2019Rielly commended the effort after the news was announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill rightfully increases the penalties, requires regular enforcement sweeps, and augments the tools available to the commission, which are woefully inadequate and outdated, to deal with illegal pirate broadcasters,\u201d O\u2019Rielly said in a statement.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article via RadioWorld.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio World via Mike Hansgen) Pirate Radio Bill Formally Introduced Bipartisan legislation designed to thwart and penalize radio pirates and supporters BY SUSAN ASHWORTH, MAY 9, 2018 Another legislative step has been taken in the effort to fight illegal pirate radio operations. On May 8, Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,297],"tags":[7028,1241,3791,3422,7029,4092,634],"class_list":["post-31979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-congress","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-enforcement-bureau","tag-mike-k8rat","tag-pirate-act","tag-pirate-radio","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8jN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36310,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/fcc-enforcement-actions-against-pirate-radio-by-location\/","url_meta":{"origin":31979,"position":0},"title":"FCC Enforcement Actions Against Pirate Radio by Location","author":"Thomas","date":"March 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Hansgen, who notes that the FCC Enforcement bureau now has an interactive map showing actions against pirate radio stations by location. 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