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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  December  13,  2004  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  8165 
 janice.  wise@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  AND  SAMSON  TECHNOLOGIES  ENTER  INTO  $26,500  CONSENT  DECREE  CONCERNING  EQUIPMENT  REQUIREMENTS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  today  entered  into  a  Consent  Decree  with  Samson  Technologies,  Inc.  (“  Samson”)  that  resolves  possible  violations  of  47 
 U.  S.  C.  §  302a(  b)  and  47  C.  F.  R.  §  2.803(  a)  concerning  Samson’s  importation  and  marketing  of  certain  models  of  multi-  track  music  recording  devices. 


 As  part  of  the  Consent  Decree,  Samson  will  make  a  $26,500  voluntary  payment  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury  and  will  implement  a  Compliance  Plan  aimed  at  preventing  future  violations  of  the 
 Commission’s  equipment  regulations. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  on  December  8,  2004,  by  Order  (FCC  04-  282)  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin  and  Adelstein. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  8165  or  Thomas  Fitz-  Gibbon  at  (202)  418-  0693,  (888)  835-  5322  (TTY) 
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