(DOWNLOAD) "From One (Expletive) Policy to the Next: The Fcc's Regulation of "Fleeting Expletives" and the Supreme Court's Response." by Federal Communications Law Journal * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: From One (Expletive) Policy to the Next: The Fcc's Regulation of "Fleeting Expletives" and the Supreme Court's Response.
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 327 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION "[T]his is really, really f*****g brilliant. Really, really great," exclaimed U2 front man Bono during his acceptance speech for "Best Original Song" at the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, resulting in a deluge of complaints to the FCC. (1) In response, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order finding that "[t]he word 'f*****g' may be crude and offensive, but, in the context presented here, [it] did not describe sexual or excretory organs or activities." (2) The bureau further mentioned, "when offensive language is used as an adjective to emphasize an exclamation ... or it is used as an insult ..., then it falls beyond the scope of the indecency regime." (3)
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