[IP] FCC "decency crackdown" - international impacts

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Sam Smith <S@mSmith.net>
Date: September 14, 2006 7:06:05 AM JST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: FCC "decency crackdown" - international impacts

for IP if you wish.

This BBC Editors blog post talks about BBC internal
deliberations over internationally broadcasting a news item
about Swaziland without affiliates getting hit by large fines:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/acceptable_nudity.html

   ... So Allan Little's piece from Swaziland on Friday saw
   a group of BBC World producers studying the US rule book
   very carefully... since we broadcast on American cable
   networks, and have to respect "local" laws.

   Allan reported on the "Ceremony of the Reed" - where the
   King of Swaziland chooses a wife from a parade of women
   dressed in traditional costume...

   ...Context is critical, the guidelines say, and our context
   was clear.

   But not everyone in the newsroom agreed, and nor did some of
   partner channels in the US, who we work with very closely...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/acceptable_nudity.html






Regards
Sam

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