FCC Indecency Rules Don't Apply to Satellite Radio

SirTwitchALot writes "The FCC has announced that Satellite radio services do not have to comply with the same indecency requirements as traditional broadcasters. Apparently this decision was brought forth by the complaint of a traditional radio station owner, stating that the FCC needs to "level the playing field." Chalk up a win for continued freedom on subscription services."

TV is subscription too

[DumbWhiteGuy777]

This makes me wonder why the FCC has such power over TV. Not that I liked seeing Janet Jackson's breast or anything...

Re:TV is subscription too

[ScrewMaster]

Yeah ... I've never gotten excited over synthetic android breasts either.

Remember:

[Evil Poot Cat]

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and several subscriptions.

Re:WTF!?! this is totally stupid

[t_allardyce]

I thought they also delt with anti-monopolisation of media and basic standards etc..?

Re:WTF!?! this is totally stupid

[akac]

And it looks like you're in the minority. The FCC DOES do what the majority of people want and the majority DON'T want Janet's breast on OTA broadcasts. The majority DO want censorship to that degree. Just because you feel the right to something doesn't make your opinion the majority opinion.

That's the problem. Too many here on SlashDot are self righteous idiots who think their opinion is the majority one because its obviously right. Well guess what - its not.

Re:"Privately owned"

[SonicBurst]

A few winters ago, my local PBS station (Mountain Lake PBS), was showing a documentary on birthing. Well, they got to the point where the focused the camera on the woman's crotch (not blurred out), and the transmitter hiccupped somehow, freezing the image perfectly centered on her nether region. This wasn't a problem at the studio, it was a problem at the transmitter/antenna site.

Well, they don't call this station Mountain Lake PBS for nothing. The transmitter is in a pretty remote location and could only be reached by snowmobile at this time of year. So, the image lasted quite a long time (12 hours, IIRC) before it got fixed. As silly as it sounds, the incident made national news. Just thought I'd share.

higher frequency heavenly photons

[technoCon]

The FCC says the broadcast bands are a common good owned by the public and vulgarities ought not corrupt it. The FCC says so, provided the antenna emitting those photons is located on the ground and those photons' frequency is HF or UHF.

But that's not true if the antenna is located in the heavens and the photons are in microwave bands. In such case, those considerations of a public good and civil discourse go to hell.

Sure, it all makes perfect sense.

If American culture is coarse and vulgar then broadcasts to the American public should reflect this on both terrestrial and satellite broadcasts. The FCC should be consistent, applying one standard to the AM & FM and satellite bands.

If the resultant content is coarse and vulgar, that reflects the marketplace's demand for corruption. Don't like it? Improve yourself and those around you. Not enough? It tells you you're failing at the job of being salt and light.

Re:"Privately owned"

[I(rispee_I(reme]

She seems to have misplaced the constitution mere hours before it became relevant.

Re:"Privately owned"

[vettemph]

woman's crotch (not blurred out)

Steve: "Is Bush giving the State of the Union Address?"
John: "No, Thats some other pussy on TV right now!"