[sdiy] OT: Behringer fined $1M

[harrybissell]

I agree.  If they have to go out of business it should be for
infringing other people's trademarks and products... not for the
dumb old FCC.   :^P

H^) harry

"NATE!" wrote:
> 
> that sucks... for people who aren't going to read the doc about it, about
> half of the 66 products WERE tested after they first pissed off the FCC, and
> in addition some of them had been tested under CE rules...
> 
> this clip sums up WHY it happened:
> 
> " Behringer attributed its initial failure to file the FCC Form 740s to
> reliance upon its custom broker's erroneous advice. We note, however, that
> Behringer's reliance upon its broker's advice does not relieve it of its
> responsibility, and its prior commitment, to comply with the filing
> requirements. "
> 
> the advice being that since they passed one thing, they didn't need FCC
> testing. the rest of the problems is basically them sitting on their hands
> and not straightening shit out.
> 
> it's too bad, and i for one hope behringer doesn't go under or anything like
> that.
> 
> - nate
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > "The equipment found to be in violation of the FCC rules includes audio
> > processors, equalizers, mic preamps, sample-rate converters, mixers,
> > amplifiers and lighting controllers":
> >
> > http://beradio.com/currents/radio_currents_022006/index.html#nal