47 U.S.C. § 559
Obscene programming
Whoever transmits over any cable system any matter which is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution of the United States shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1992–2000 · leading case: United States v. Playboy Ent. Grp., Inc., 529 U.S. 803 (2000).
United States v. Playboy Ent. Grp., Inc., 529 U.S. 803 (2000). “See 47 U. S. C. § 559 (1994 ed., Supp. III) ("Whoever transmits over any cable system any matter which is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution *830 of the United States shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both").”
Denver Area Educ. Telecomm. Consortium, Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 518 U.S. 727 (1996). “That the speech may be considered the operator's is driven home by 47 U. S. C. § 559 , which authorizes a fine of up to $10,000 and two years' imprisonment for any person who "transmits over any cable system any matter which is obscene.”
Beach Commc'ns, Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 965 F.2d 1103 (D.C. Cir. 1992). “g„ H.R. 4850, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. (1992), and that Congress in the context of considering that legislation will have an opportunity to revise the definitional provisions of the 1984 Act if it chooses.”
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