RTV 3405 Lecture 14: 2
8 Mar 2017
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Broadcasters are not protected by freedom of speech for. Obscenity: sexual content appealing solely for (cid:498)prurient interest,(cid:499) with no legitimate social value (unwholesome, Indecency: material that depicts or describes, in terms patently. Ex: f word, s word, explicit discussion of sex. Prohibited between 6 am 10 pm, 10 pm 5:59 am is safe harbor. Safe harbor: refers to the hours during which broadcasters may transmit material deemed indecent for children. Cable tv is not regulated on indecency and profanity. Marvin miller conducted a mass mailing campaign of mail order catalogue to advertise the sale of (cid:498)adult(cid:499) material and was convicted of violating a. Unwilling recipients of miller"s brochure complained to the police. Supreme court rules obscenity is not protected speech. Led to the creation of the miller test. California statute prohibiting the distribution of obscene material. A fact or (cid:498)idea(cid:499) cannot be copyrighted. A unique expression of facts and ideas can be copyrighted.
