[BC] Pirates...Aaarghh!

[David Gleason]

Florida has a pirate law. It is, I believe, based on endangerment of public
safety and interference with government and emergency communications. Since
I doubt any pirate will challenge the law, it stands. 

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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:44 PM
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Subject: [BC] Pirates...Aaarghh!

Although I have no sympathy for radio pirates, isn't this outside the 
jurisdiction of Florida, and a federal matter?

Mario


At 05:33 PM 7/2/2005, you wrote:
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>Message: 9
>Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 04:06:29 -0400
>From: "R J Carpenter" <rcarpen at erols.com>
>Subject: [BC] Ft Lauderdale Pirates Silenced by STATE
>To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Message-ID: <000901c57edc$f3c36160$2d01a8c0 at RJCLAPTOP>
>Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1"
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> >From South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
>
>  Agents silence 2 pirate radio stations in South Florida
>
>
>Two men arrested after students' broadcasts affected
>
>By Brian Haas
>Staff Writer
>Posted July 2 2005
>
>
>       FORT LAUDERDALE . State agents silenced two pirate radio
>stations this week and arrested two operators whose profanity-laced
>broadcasts have been interfering with a local student-run station
>since May.
>
>       Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested
>Marquis McDonald, 23, and Rasheem Oriley, 26, on charges of
>unauthorized transmission of a radio station.




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