The 'Steven Spielberg Exception' to TV's Indecency Rules?
February, 02, 2012 11:19 am | Comments On #TelevisionHow does the FCC define indecent material on television? If you’re Fox, you’d likely answer that the FCC doesn’t really know – or has several different definitions depending on who’s asking.
That’s at least the impression the network gives in the case of Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., which was recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case primarily addresses the question of whether the FCC’s decisions as to what constitutes “indecency” on public broadcast television between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. are unconstitutionally arbitrary under the First Amendment. Fox alleges that whereas the FCC has permitted primetime television broadcasts of Steven Spielberg’s "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler’s List," complete with...
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William Charron is a partner and litigator with Pryor Cashman LLP, a New York-based law firm. He represents plaintiffs and defendants nationwide in copyright and Lanham Act cases, right of publicity cases, defamation and First Amendment defense, and cases involving claims of art theft. Bill has represented a number of film studios and movie celebrities, music publishers and record companies, recording artists and music promoters, and others in the arts and entertainment industries. He has obtained several landmark court rulings and was recently recognized as a "Rising Star" among New York litigators.
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