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Stefan Wolfe wrote:
wrote in message ... Stefan Wolfe wrote: wrote in message ... Stefan Wolfe wrote: "KC4UAI" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 5, 9:53 pm, "Stefan Wolfe" wrote: "KC4UAI" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 2, 9:20 pm, "Stefan Wolfe" wrote: And is it legal for a licensed amateur to violate rules of a sovereign country (no matter how well-intentioned? Um... Until this guy gets convicted of a crime in the US, the FCC won't have much to say... So, are you saying he violated US law? If not then what's the point? The US Government tends to frown on US citizens providing material support snip Then, get the guy convicted of a crime and *then* complain to the FCC about his license... The FCC is not in the business of enforcing all the laws of the US, just the ones they wrote. If it involves illegal transmission by a US citizen or resident of electromagnetic waves anywhere, between 3000Hz and light waves, it is within the FCC's scope to take action. If the action violates US law and occured on US soil, the FCC can take action. If not, the foreign government can prosecute if the offender is on their soil, or if not and there is a treaty, ask the US for extradition of the offender, none of which would involve the FCC. The FCC has no jurisdiction over anything that happens on foreign soil. The FCC could take action after the person was convicted by a foreign government under the various character clauses. On more than one occasion, shortwave pirate broadcasters have taken their radio equipment onto to a ship, sailed out to international waters and transmitted. In every case, when the ship returned to USA waters, the FCC seized their equipment and prosecuted the pirate broadcasters. The offenses did not occur on USA territory. The FCC acted in accordance with treaties signed by the USA and other ITU members. QED. Not hardly. What was the registry of the ships? If US, US law applies, if not it depends on existing treaties. Plus there is a big difference between international waters and being inside the borders of a foreign nation. The FCC isn't the world police over anything. Ship's registry doesn't matter but I doubt that any of them were US flag vessels. As I said, QED. Not at all. Bank robbery is under the jurisdiction of the FBI in the US. If a US citizen commits bank robbery in twobitestan and returns to the US, the FBI will only get involved upon the request of the twobitestan government if there are appropriate treaties and action is initiated by the twobitestan government. And ship's registry matters a lot while in international waters. US law is not preeminent over any other government's laws on foreign soil. If it were, we wouldn't have US citizens punished under foreign law on foreign soil for acts that are legal under US law. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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