Supreme Court Takes Case on Television Censorship
This should be interesting. The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that they intend to review a lower court's decision that ruled the FCC's (Federal Communications Commission) indecency policy unconstitutionally vague.
The case comes from the channels FOX and ABC, who came under FCC fire for various things the commission deemed inappropriate: namely, profanity during awards shows on FOX, and a naked woman from ABC's NYPD Blue ) figures that's worth $1.2 million dollars -- for each ABC-affiliated station.
"The media landscape has changed so dramatically that the factual underpinnings of these decisions are no longer valid," said FOX.
If the Supreme Court rules against the FCC, it could seriously damage the FCC's ability to fine networks for airing content deemed inappropriate. If that happens, it'll be interesting to see how the content of network television shows changes.
If you're looking for a quick solution to this case, though, don't get your hopes up. The Supreme Court don't plan to consider the case until their next term starts in October.
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If that happens, it'll be interesting to see how the content of network television shows changes. If you're looking for a quick solution to this case, though, don't get your hopes up. The Supreme Court don't plan to consider the case until their next
The timing of Schmidt's frank discussion on web censorship is especially apropos given the results of the Google Transparency Report, which shows that the US is more likely than any other country to request user information.
In markets like the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, Low Power TV (LPTV) has emerged as a viable alternative to network and cable TV, offering 24-hour programming and locally-produced news shows for ethnic communities in their own languages.
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Chinese censors ban time travel TV shows - Boing Boing
The Chinese General Bureau of Radio, Film and Television has prohibited new science fiction TV dramas, following a vogue for shows where modern Chinese people travel to ancient China and discover that it's not a bad place to be (this having some counter-revolutionary subtext). They've also prohibited production of "the Four Great Classical Novels" , ("the four novels commonly counted by scholars to be the greatest and most influential of classical Chinese fiction"), on the grounds that the widespread adaptations of them take too many liberties with the original texts. From the end of last year, the time-travel themed drama is becoming more and more popular. Most of these time-travel dramas are based on real historical stories but with many newly added, and usually exaggerated elements to make it funny and more attractive. Nothing is off limits in this television genre. While some find it hilarious, others think the exaggeration and even ridiculous elements added into the story is a real source of annoyance and is a disrespectful for history.
The authority's decision was made on the Television Director Committee Meeting on April 1st. - but obviously it's not a prank to fans of the drama genre. The authority has a good reason to go against the genre. "The time-travel drama is becoming a hot theme for TV and films. But its content and the exaggerated performance style are questionable. Many stories are totally made-up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore."
Since I have friends in mainland China I am concerned by somewhat recent trends. With the state buying up so many properties and corporations with inflated Yuans as of late as well as quiet squeezes of civil liberties we see that the Communist Party of China is still in the drivers seat. This is still the communist party of Maoist genocide level purges that five years ago appeared to be disappearing just like Marx promised. For the most part these friends and others I met in university really believed that civil liberties were not compatible with making a living or becoming wealthy.If the dream of becoming wealthy breaks will we see unrest like the middle east or what I believe, an already orderly society like China will move back toward state control and complete lifestyle control.
Of course we wouldn't trust the govt to do it, but a lot of US fans of sci-fi and fantasy would approve some authoritative body prohibiting Hollywood from adapting or taking "too many" liberties with original texts. This probably would have prevented Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Watchmen :( , but also would have saved us from Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, Adam Sandler as Mr. Deeds, Russel Brand as Arthur, the Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Clash of the Titans. Maybe the Chinese are on to something. Or we could just vote with our feet and not pay to see them.
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