FCC Republican asks Amazon and eBay to boost crackdown on pirate TV boxes
by Jon Brodkin from Ars Technica - All content on (#3R771)
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Pirate TV boxes that falsely display the Federal Communications Commission logo should be removed from Amazon and eBay, an FCC commissioner told the companies last week.
Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, part of the FCC's Republican majority, wrote a letter to the Amazon and eBay CEOs asking them to crack down on set-top boxes that violate FCC rules.
Amazon quickly responded, saying that it already takes steps to prevent sale of these products but that it is willing to step up enforcement if any such devices are still for sale on Amazon.
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