[BC] FCC Seeking Extra Funds to go after Pirates

[Gary Liebisch]

The problem is not necessarily equipment (although it may be partially that), but rather that they have no real ENFORCEMENT power without involving local authorities.  If the pirates are fined (as occurred recently in FL) they plead inability to pay, and the $25,000 or $10,000 fines get reduced to $500 or $1000.   ("Pretty please..will you reduce my fine?  --OK , $500).
 

 
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com> wrote:
>One Broadcast Industry newsletter is saying that FCC Chairman Genachowski is seeking extra funding (about $2.5 million) to enhance the Enforcement Bureau's direction-finding equipment to enable them to track down more pirates. Along with that, they are asking for about $1.1 million to replace their aging fleet of trucks that carry said equipment.