[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
None
In article <[email protected]> "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]> writes:
> From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:35:42 -0500 (EST)
> X-From-Line: [email protected] Tue Jan 9 11:53:19 1996
> References: <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected]
> Precedence: bulk
> Lines: 46
>
> * INDECENCY is illegal to *broadcast* under Federal law, as enforced by
> the FCC. Examples of indecent words include "fuck" and "cocksucker,"
> which the Supreme Court has defined as illegal in the George Carlin
> speech, Pacifica case. The justification for a compelling government
> interest is that radio waves are pervasive, and a child can turn on the
> radio and hear dirty words by accident. The great free speech attorney
> Harvey Silverglate has been representing Alan Ginsberg in an "indecency"
> case, since "Howl" contains "indecent" words -- I believe he managed to
> get the FCC to include an exemption for material broadcast after
> midnight.
Isn't a large part of the reason the FCC can regulate broadcasters
without violating the first ammendment the fact that there are only a
finite number of broadcast frequencies, and that TV/radio stations are
required to serve the public interest? I don't see how the same login
can be applied to the internet.