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Author: Paul

  • RadioWorld Reports that Florida Anti-Pirate Law Having Minimal Effect

    If it’s true that the Florida pirate bust that I posted about a little while ago is really the first arrest under the new Florida law, then it would seem that the law isn’t having quite the intended effect. Although, according to a RadioWorld report a non-commercial station manager in Boynton Beach says that “The…

  • First Radio Pirates Arrested Under Florida Law

    According to the Sun-Sentinel, agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested two men for running two unlicensed radio stations in Ft. Lauderdale. They are charged with state felonies, based on Florida’s anti-pirate-radio law passed last year. Florida is the first and only state with such a law on the books. And by all…

  • First Indigenous Community Radio Station in Argentina

    According to the Inter Press Service News Agency: The first operating licence ever granted by the Argentine government to an indigenous community radio station is being hailed as a major step forward in giving a voice to this sector of the population, while posing formidable challenges. The FM radio station, which has been operating without…

  • No Indecency Fines So Far in 2005

    Yeah, it suprised me, too, especially given how indecency-happy the FCC and Congress got last year. But then I thought about it and realized that I don’t remember seeing one news item about a fine, just gesticulations in Congress. John Dunbar from the Center for Public Integrity–who we interviewed at the NCMR for the June…

  • Mediageek Radioshow Podcast Available Through iTunes 4.9

    I’ve dutifully upgraded by copy of iTunes to 4.9 and was happy to find that the mediageek radioshow podcast is available for free subscription through the iTunes Music Store. Click this link to get it. I don’t have an iPod and during this time of year I don’t walk around with a walkman much, since…

  • More Clear Thinking on Grokster, and Taking It One Step Further

    Following up on yesterday’s remarks, today I see that Ross Rubin’s Switched On column at Engadget also focuses on the specifics of the Court’s Grokster decision, rather than taking it as a wholesale attack on mp3 technologies: The upshot is that, even though most consumer electronics products should be in the clear, the Grokster case…

  • G8 Radio: Webcast and Broadcast

    G8 Radio will be providing streaming audio coverage of protests against the G8 in Scotland this weekend, in addition to related reportage and analysis. The venerable Amsterdam unlicensed station Vrije Keyser Radio will be carrying the broadcast at 89.6 FM. In their announcement they write: Amsterdam based independent free radio station ‘Radio de Vrije Keyser’…

  • The Pragmatics of the Grokster Decision

    Matt at Machination.org tries on some clear thinking about the Supreme Court decision in the MGM vs. Grokster case: From what I can tell, this is a fairly narrow decision with nuance. The Supreme Court seems to have ruled that a company cannot promote an illegal use for a technology. Those same kids writing lean…

  • Another Indymedia Server Seized: Bristol, UK

    Thanks to Jebba, I’m alerted to the alarming seizure of yet another Indymedia server: On Monday, June 27th, Indymedia Bristol’s server was seized by the police. An Indymedia volunteer was also arrested during the raid on suspicion of incitement to criminal damage and is now on bail. … Bristol Indymedia say: “We are outraged at…

  • Headlines from the 6-24-05 radioshow: FCC Busts rfb, Harasses BLR; Some CPB Funding Saved, but New Republican CEO

    These are the news headlines as read on the June 24, 2005 edition of the mediageek radioshow: FCC Busts radio free brattleboro, Harasses Berkeley Liberation Radio; Some CPB Funding Saved, but New Republican CEO.