Leased-access ruling has something for all.
Multichannel News, July, 1996 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's recent indecent programming ruling gave both sides something to ballyhoo, as cable operators and access programmers each declared victory following the June 28 ruling. In an opinion drafted by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court said cable operators could keep smut off leased-access channels, but they could not exercise the same control over public, educational and governmental (PEG) channels.
Breyer also said Congress could not force cable operators that air leased-access programming that "depicts sexual or excretory activities" in a "patently offensive manner" to segregate it on a single channel and block it until a subscriber requests it in writing. While some viewed the decision as no basis to predict the outcome of...
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