[BC] Indecency bill

[Robert Orban]

At 09:22 AM 6/9/2006, you wrote:
>From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
>Subject: RE: [BC] Indecency bill
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>------ At 10:56 AM 6/9/2006, Bailey, Scott wrote: -------
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> >I not for listening to programs of vulgar language, but the FCC,
> >Congress, and George Bush's administration have absolutely no right to
> >sensor paid services on cable and satellite.
>
>Many of us here have experienced the FCC's conviction that they have
>the right to do anything they choose. Mainly because no one has the
>testicular fortitude to challenge them in court. So far it's far
>cheaper to pay the fines than litigate, regardless of how sincerely
>you believe you're in the right. We have enough years of a
>religiously driven government left to see purity legislated. There
>are enough groups with "family" in their names to force the issue.

IIRC, CBS is going to take the FCC to court over the "Janet Jackson" 
incident fines. One of arguments will be that "indecency" has been too 
vaguely defined to allow a licensee to know what is or is not indecent in a 
legal sense.

As far as regulating pay cable goes, there is a major First Amendment 
hurdle to overcome.

Bob Orban