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May 5th 05, 12:09 PM

On Wed, 4 May 2005 11:43:08 -0400, (I
AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:

From: (Dave*Hall)
On Tue, 3 May 2005 09:39:13 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:
The car, as is the radio spectrum, mine!!! My car is NOT the DMV's, my
radio spectrum is NOT the FCC's....
The FCC owns the rights to the radio
spectrum in this country.

That is ludicrous. They do not. They merely are charged with
administrating such. The spectrum does not stop at the borders.

No, but while inside the borders, you will pay (Sometimes dearly) the
FCC for the right to play on the airwaves. Ask any cell phone company
owner/administrator.

They are the ones authorized to sell spectrum
to people with a legitimate need. It's no
different than government owned land.

Again, it is very different for many reasons, several of which you were
already taught.

Yes, it is different in some ways, but the ways that are similar are
what I am talking about. It's a fact that the FCC sells off chunks of
spectrum to commercial interests, sometimes for outrageous amounts. If
the FCC was not in the position to claim "ownership" of that spectrum,
how could they auction it off?

Your car is yours as is your radio gear. But the
privilege to operate both is granted by the
government, and can be revoked for the
proper cause.

Wrong again. The government has absolutey zero authority how I operate
my vehicle on my own lan and can not revoke my privilege to do so.

Right! On you own land. But venture out on the public street, and they
have all the authority. Same goes for radio. If you can somehow
prevent your signal from escaping the borders of your property (Which
is covered by FCC Part 15), you could do what you want. Once those
signals escape into the public venue, they are under the control of
the federal government.

Another way to look at it, You own your car,
but not the roads you drive on.

Public means owned by the public,,,paid for by tax dollars.

And administered by the government.

You may own your radio, but not the airwaves
you broadcast on.

Neither does the FCC like you mistakenly believe.

For all practical purposes, yes they do in this country.

You do not have a "right" to transmit beyond the confines of your own
property. You are granted a "privilege" to do so by the government in
the proxy of the FCC. As a condition of that privilege comes your
responsibility to abide by the rules set fort in various FCC parts
depending on which service you are using.

You may not like it, but that's the way it is.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj