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Radio is the media. It just means you ought to be able to broadcast pirate radio without a permission slip from the government to use the airwaves in a constra
by ty6853 2y ago
Radio is the media. It just means you ought to be able to broadcast pirate radio without a permission slip from the government to use the airwaves in a constrained range of speech. Not that you ought to be able to take over someone else's pirate radio. Unless of course they say the F word, then you can rat them out and the FCC can send their skull crackers or whatever they do to stop it.
Similarly with internet. You can make your own web server. You can't just hijack someone else's web server or send government goons to make them say what you want.
- throwaway48476 2y agoRadio is licensed because spectrum is limited. Newspaper isn't licensed because it's not inherently limited.
- ty6853 2y agoI would argue the spectra of human vocal speech is more constrained than the far wider spectra of radio waves. What most places do is just limit sound beyond a certain level rather than requiring a license to play electronic sounds or talk. In the end most forms of communication are constrained -- you can only cut down so many trees or tree alternatives for newspaper, so I don't think this argument about licensing holds as presented.