O'Rielly Tweets With Concerns on Pirate Fines
Penalties for unlicensed radio use should be more in line with the penalties for slamming/cramming, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly appeared to say in a tweet Monday. “Why does pirate radio 'station' by repeated lawbreaker get $20k NAL, but 150 slamming/cramming complaints…
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gets $1m F.O. [forfeiture order]?” O’Rielly tweeted. The tweet ended with the hashtag “#FixPiratePenalties,” indicating O’Rielly was taking issue with the piracy proposed forfeiture rather than the slamming/cramming amount. In a follow-up tweet, O’Rielly clarified that he was referring to the notice of apparent liability issued Thursday against Sergio Plasencia for repeated unlicensed broadcasting in Miami, and a $1 million fine issued Wednesday against Advantage Telecommunications, a Florida-based long distance carrier. The Enforcement Bureau, the FCC and O'Rielly didn't comment. O'Rielly was critical of the bureau in a recent speech at the NAB Show (see 1704250053).