Indecency proposal faces vote
Senate panel looks at obscenity now, violence later
By Brooks Boliek
July 17, 2007
"The bill the Senate Commerce Committee plans to consider first is the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act. It would reinstate the FCC policy making broadcasters liable for a $325,000 fine for a slip of the tongue. A committee vote on the indecency measure is expected Thursday.
Earlier this year, the federal appeals court in New York tossed out an FCC indecency ruling that said a fleeting obscenity reference gets broadcasters a fine for indecency, telling the commission that it failed to give a good reason for its decision and likely could not find a good reason if it had to.
The committee members are likely to approve the legislation, as it has the support of the committee's leaders and is something that is politically difficult to oppose."
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Senate panel looks at obscenity now, violence later
By Brooks Boliek
July 17, 2007
"The bill the Senate Commerce Committee plans to consider first is the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act. It would reinstate the FCC policy making broadcasters liable for a $325,000 fine for a slip of the tongue. A committee vote on the indecency measure is expected Thursday.
Earlier this year, the federal appeals court in New York tossed out an FCC indecency ruling that said a fleeting obscenity reference gets broadcasters a fine for indecency, telling the commission that it failed to give a good reason for its decision and likely could not find a good reason if it had to.
The committee members are likely to approve the legislation, as it has the support of the committee's leaders and is something that is politically difficult to oppose."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i89e4f40c1678880c0a057afa4e9b09e1