Re: [Nolug] IMPORTANT: State radio and TV board wants to license computer techs

On Friday 06 August 2004 10:28 am, Joey Kelly spake:
> Y'all, sorry for the cross-posting, but this is rather important.
>
> The Louisiana Radio and Television Technicians Board is sending out
> letters to computer techs demanding a yearly licensing fee, on the premise
> that since a computer can do home entertainment, it must be either a TV or
> a radio and should be regulated as such.

I just spoke with a TV technician, and he told me that last year the State
passed a law creating a new class of license for computer techs (he went
ahead and got the second license). Apparently our knee-jerk reaction, though
correct, was a little misplaced. It's a money grab, to be sure, but it isn't
a unilateral move by the TV board.

Anyone care to look up the statutes? It would be interesting to read the
actual language of the laws, etc.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
 --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL
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