Monday, June 4, 2007

Court rejects FCC broadcast decency limit

(Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New
York, in a divided decision, said that the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission was "arbitrary and capricious" in
setting a new standard for defining indecency.




The court sent the matter back to the commission for
further proceedings to clarify its indecency policy. The FCC,
which said it was still studying the opinion, could decide to
ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the appeals court.


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