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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by temp12192021 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:16PM (#35497168)
Wonder if - lacking an order top stop from the FCC - I could occupy a frequency and ultimately claim squatters rights or adverse posession on the frequency if someone eventually licenses it.
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by technothrasher on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:26PM (#35497268)
Adverse possession traces its roots back to the Homestead Act of 1862. I'm not sure how exactly you'd claim you were making a residence out of a radio frequency.
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by kragen on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:43PM (#35497412)
adverse possession is quite a bit older than 01862, kid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usucapio

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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by Spooky23 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:30PM (#35497311)
No. The airwaves belong to the public, as licensed by the FCC. You don’t have any squatters rights to the airwaves.
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by s1artibartfast on Saturday April 08, 2023 @05:24PM (#35497782)
I'm not talking about durable squatters right. More akin swimming in the ocean or hiking a cross a field
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by Spooky23 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @08:50PM (#35499131)
The FCC hasn’t historically supported that. One of the early FM pioneers was ruined when Sarnoff lobbied to allocate his frequencies for another purpose, for example.
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by jacquesm on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:21PM (#35497217)
The spectrum is pretty much regulated all the way up to microwave bands and beyond.
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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by shagie on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:31PM (#35497320)
You can get a poster of the radio spectrum for a very reasonable price (shipping included!) at https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/united-states-frequency-a... (it's currently backordered).
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