Licensing Irregularities
In May 2008, an investigation by student newspaper Cherwell revealed that Oxide had been operating as a pirate station for two years. By failing to purchase either a PPL or MCPS/PRS licence, the station had not reimbursed artists for the music it had played.
As a result, OUSU ordered the station to be taken off air until such a time as all licensing issues could be resolved. While the committee had initially planned to bring the station back online in November 2008, it was decided that it would be better to use the time off air to refurbish the studio entirely, both modernising it and also ensuring that safeguards and auditing were in place to ensure adherence to the MCPS-PRS and PPL licenses in the future.
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