Bill to Bring A La Carte, Indecency Regs to Cable

An anonymous reader writes "A bill introduced this week would force cable operators to offer à la carte cable and so-called family-tiers of service. Those opting for à la carte programming would get refunds on their cable bill, but the legislation would also extend broadcast indecency standards to cable and satellite TV for the first time: 'In accordance with the indecency and profanity policies and standards applied by the [FCC] to broadcasters, as such policies and standards are modified from time to time, not transmit any material that is indecent or profane on any channel in the expanded basic tier of such distributor except between 10pm and 6am.' As Ars points out, 'With the parental controls built into every television set, set-top box, and DVR being sold these days, the need for such legislation seems questionable at best. Unlike broadcast television, which is available to anyone with a TV and an antenna, people subscribe to and pay for cable/satellite.'"

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Re:Give and Take

[rts008]

I wish I had mod points for you. (+insightful, BTW)

Your analogy is much better than the typical /. car analogy!

But, I'm waiting to be entertained further down in the posts by those same aforementioned car analogies!
As an ex mechanic and drag-racer, I just love some of the car analogies.

To head off the drag-racer/drag-queen comments...why yes, when I drag-raced I wore a halter top and mini skirt with 6 inch spiked heels...and a wig. It totally fscked the competion and I won a lot, but you should have seen the look on the track groupies faces at the winner's circle! ;)