It's the FCC in the US flexing its muscles against the marketing, shipment, sale, offering for sale of non FCC id devices allegedly under (Under [47 U.S.C. § 302a] and 47 CFR Part 2, Market Restrictions) . So the FCC are going after the platforms (eBay etc) because that's where they can make the biggest impact and cause the most trouble and the Federal law is strongest for them. *** I'm no US law expert, far from it, thats good old searching and AI, getting me to that Market Restriction part *** no offence meant or intended to the US citizens here.
Its a similar set of regulations in the UK, pretty much. OFCOM go for the market place, platforms as they have law to back them in this area. like the US they haven't bothered to date, now they are. the main difference around this is the level of fine in the US is greater than the UK and the US will vehemently pursue individuals to a greater degree than the UK.
So all the platforms would and could be affected by this ultimately.
So rather than waste time building up reputation on platforms skinning you a fee then leaving you in the dust wondering where all the effort went. Start buying and selling on private access forums like we used to, like this.
Ok so you wont get the family members of relative selling unrequired "radio" goods on a platform like eBay when they can't scenario, that's been easy for them to date. So more will probably go to landfill if its difficult to process via a platform. However, those that know will seek out private forums, message boards.
Well, that's my hope anyway if its getting banned from platforms.
