18 U.S.C. § 1468 — Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-690 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 155 words · no verdicts yet
A person who knowingly utters obscene language or distributes obscene matter by cable television or subscription television may face up to 2 years in prison, a fine under this title, or both. The section defines “distribute” and preserves the States’ power to regulate obscene or otherwise constitutionally unprotected language and matter transmitted by those services.
(a) Whoever knowingly utters any obscene language or distributes any obscene matter by means of cable television or subscription services on television, must be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or by a fine under this title, or both. (b) As used in this section, the term “distribute” means to send, transmit, retransmit, telecast, broadcast, or cablecast, including by wire, microwave, or satellite, or to produce or provide material for that distribution. (c) Nothing in this chapter, or the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, or any other provision of Federal law, is intended to interfere with or preempt the power of the States, including political subdivisions of it, to regulate the uttering of language that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution or the distribution of matter that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution, of any sort, by means of cable television or subscription services on television.
Whoever knowingly utters any obscene language or distributes any obscene matter by means of cable television or subscription services on television, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or by a fine in accordance with this title, or both.
As used in this section, the term “distribute” means to send, transmit, retransmit, telecast, broadcast, or cablecast, including by wire, microwave, or satellite, or to produce or provide material for such distribution.
Nothing in this chapter, or the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, or any other provision of Federal law, is intended to interfere with or preempt the power of the States, including political subdivisions thereof, to regulate the uttering of language that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution or the distribution of matter that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution, of any sort, by means of cable television or subscription services on television.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7523(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4501.)
- 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4501
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