Indecency

==Background==
==Insights==
===Senate approves increases in fines for on-air indecency===
The US Senate approved a ten-fold increase for the fines broadcasters for airing indecent material in May, 2006. The amount of the fine is $325-thousand for each violation, a ten fold increase in the penalty for TV or radio stations. To air profanity or indecent material during prime family viewing hours of six in the morning to ten at night could cost more.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says "broadcasters should know that if they cross the line the penalties will be serious."
It would not apply to cable or satellite services.
The Senate bill must be reconciled with a tougher House version. The House voted for fines of as much as $500-thousand per violation. It also voted to require the Federal Communications Commission to also weigh revoking a station's license after three indecency violations.
Lawmakers were prompted to act after singer Janet Jackson's famous "wardrobe malfunction" during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl when she briefly exposed one breast.
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* Planks about indecency from Mark Rauterkus
* Indecency-plank-Tim_Murphy
==Links==
===Blogs===
* http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/09/11/an-ip-perspective-on-this-film-is-not-yet-rated/ 
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