04-05-2005, 11:19 PM
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Location: Free Speech Land
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Republicans want jail time, not fines, for offending people on cable TV, radio
The chairman of one of the entertainment industry's most important congressional committees says he wants to take the enforcement of broadcast decency standards into the realm of criminal prosecution, Reuters reported.
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner III, R-Wis., told cable industry executives attending the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. conference on Monday that criminal prosecution would be a more efficient way to enforce the indecency regulations, according to the report.
Although cable and satellite TV are not covered by the indecency statutes, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, have said they want to bring multi-channel programmers into the legal mix, Reuters reported.
http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...tent_ID=222057
Where are all of the Republican GFY members to defend this? Hopefully you Republican sheep will end up in jail first. 
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