Court Asks: If Fleeting Expletives Are Okay, How About Fleeting ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 08/05/2010 - 13:35

We recently wrote about the Second Circuit appeals court ruling that the FCC's policy against "fleeting expletives" on broadcast TV was ruled unconstitutional , and that's now raising some other questions as well.

A separate case, also in the same circuit, involves the question of whether or not a similar policy over "fleeting nudity" is equally problematic .

As you may recall, the show NYPD Blue got a ton of attention back in 2003, for showing 7-seconds of...

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