Cnet reports that next in line for indecency violation fines is pay tv. That means that HBO, Sirius, and Cinemax for example will be able to be fined for "violations"
Ted Stevens, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, said on Tuesday that he would push for applying broadcast decency standards to cable television, as well as subscription satellite TV and radio."Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area," the Alaska Republican told the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents most local-television and radio affiliates. "I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air" broadcasters.
"There has to be some standard of decency," he said. But he also cautioned that "no one wants censorship.
I'm glad he doesn't want censorship. But why limit it to other tyings you pay for? What about those pesky books? Or Blogs? Some are indecent. Lets just burn everything that might be offensive to someone at anytime in their life.
