Matt Collins
07-13-2010, 02:27 PM
U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Indecency Policy:
July 13 (Bloomberg) --A federal appeals court in New York struck down the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy, saying it violates the First Amendment right to free speech because it's "unconstitutionally vague."
The court considered the agency's censure of "fleeting expletives" on live television shows. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year in a challenge to the policy by media companies that the "pervasiveness of foul language" and the "coarsening to public entertainment" justified the commission's more stringent regulation of broadcast programs.
The high court directed the appeals court in Manhattan to consider the constitutionality of the policy, resulting in today's ruling.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/07/12/bloomberg1376-KYBC6A6LUTXS01-7I1AAU23S2LSB4IM711SS39QBR.DTL#ixzz0taSTdo2v
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July 13 (Bloomberg) --A federal appeals court in New York struck down the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy, saying it violates the First Amendment right to free speech because it's "unconstitutionally vague."
The court considered the agency's censure of "fleeting expletives" on live television shows. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year in a challenge to the policy by media companies that the "pervasiveness of foul language" and the "coarsening to public entertainment" justified the commission's more stringent regulation of broadcast programs.
The high court directed the appeals court in Manhattan to consider the constitutionality of the policy, resulting in today's ruling.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/07/12/bloomberg1376-KYBC6A6LUTXS01-7I1AAU23S2LSB4IM711SS39QBR.DTL#ixzz0taSTdo2v
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