[kraken] current situation patapoe

Auteur: xxx xxx <antarctica@hypocrisy.org>
Datum: 17 feb 2004 16:32 uur

Hi Everyone,
this will be a public update on our lovely station, obviously I cannot give openness on all acounts...

At first it was unclear where exactly the threat was comming from. Was it the Radio police, local coppers and or the stadsdeel? It is now more or less certain it is mostly/only the radio police, not so much the stadsdeel. A summary:

Stadsdeel: antenna and userslicence

During one of the more final inspections of the house (about a month ago), to see what was needed before it could be 'delivered' (opgeleverd), it was noted that the chimney needed work and that there was an antenna there over 5 meters and as such requiring a licence. This basically had nothing to do with the radiostation as such. In the meeting we had yesterday with Meareau, the chair (voorzitter) of the stadsdeel, it was made clear that the userslicense is NOT connected with the antenna. However as the chimney needs work in order to finish the work on the house, it will have to be relocated temporarily. And they want us to go down to 5 meters. This doesn't require a permit. We could also try to apply for a larger one, it might work... Whether this is technically possible to go down to 5m we will have to see. The stadsdeel doesn't really have any problem with us, but...They rent out the house to the EHBK. This means that they could very well get problems themselves with the radio police.

Radiopolice and etherflits:

Apparently the AT (radio police) has been investigating us for some time now. With the voluntary (more or less) disappearance of radio 100 and Vrije Keyser we are the last one of the 'public' radio stations. All the smaller pirate stations in Amsterdam are easy to raid, and this happens every week (like with laser fm).What they do is inquire whether the station can be dealt with in any legal way. Since we are in a legal place, this could be the case. Luckily we have no relation or connection to the rest of the house or the EHBK. We never signed the legalisationcontract and are not taken up in any of the plans. The AT has pushed the raid and is also pushing the stadsdeel to take action. Yet to come with a real raid, one that requires riot cops and all, still needs the permission of our push-over mayor Job Cohen. So we should go to the city council (gemeenteraad). We should demand a moratorium on piratestations untill it is clear what alternatives there are to our and also all the other pirate stations.

Tweede Kamer

In the Tweede Kamer (national parlement) a motion was accepted some time ago by all the mayor parties to have the minister of economics (Brinkhorst) look into a solution for pirate stations. Basicaly to see if some unused frequencies could not be delegated to pirate stations. At that time there was a lot to do about pirates. But it all collapsed and locally, in Amsterdam, this had a lot to do with radio 100 and Vrije Keyser. It would be very VERY good to see if this discussion could not be re-lit again.
Actie Ehterflits started in march last year and was supposed to be a one-year action to clear the ether of all 'disturbances'. It went very well at first but it seems that recently 'disturbances' are up again. Also the just fired 40 men. It could well be that the action will not be continued, or that they are running out of funds. Perhaps if we can hold out for a little while longer the dark ages of 'etherflits' will be over...

So, to summ up:
The antenna is not connected with the userslicense. This means that the house has less to worry about.
An immediate raid is unlikely. Also the neighbourhood copper promissed, with the Meareau of the stadsdeel present, not to call for a raid without first having talked wiht everyone again. Anyways they will be needing the riotcops as the studio is barricated now. This means they will have to confince Cohen, or more so: WE will have to confince (spelling?) him otherwise.
The stadsdeel doesn't really have a problem wiht us, but there isn't much they can do for us.
Also:
FRIDAY THE 27TH WE WILL BE ORGANIZING A DEMO OF SORTS, SO KEEP YOUR AGENDA'S FREE:
FR 27 1300 DAM SQUARE

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ontvangsttijd Tue Feb 17 15:32:35 2004