[BC] No time for pirates

[Rob Landry]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2014, Sid Schweiger sids1045*aol.com wrote:

> "Massachusetts should do the same law that Florida does for the pirates. 
> That would certainly remove them."

> I hope you were being sarcastic, because from what I've seen and heard, 
> the law in Florida (New York has it too) hasn't made any substantial 
> dent in the problem.

What Massachusetts should do is make it illegal to *advertise* on a pirate 
radio station. The pirates will always make themselves hard to find, but 
advertisers will be easy to find, and since they are the source of the 
money that keeps the pirate on the air, I say go after them. When the 
owner of the local pizza joint gets fined by the Commonwealth, he's not 
going to want to do any more business with pirates, and the pirates will 
go away.

Oh, and make the law apply to "underwriting", too, in case anyone should 
make the argument that an ad isn't an ad.

Rob