Bono can swear: U2 singer off the hook by federal appeals court from FCC for words said 7 years ago.
As Bono recovers from surgery and is getting ready for the road with U2, his words that got him in trouble with the FCC seven years ago have finally been set free. Today in a ruling that will allow entertainers on camera to use occasional expletives as long as promising it was the spur of the moment passion. Or until the FCC figures out a batter way to regulate.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the talented singer can rest with ease as he really has a moment to use the right words and not get snapped with a big fine.
U2 singer Bono was apparently responsible for the FCC’s tougher guidelines. “In 2004, however, the FCC’s policy on indecency changed. During the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, U2 band member Bono exclaimed, upon receiving an award, ‘this is really, really, fu***** brilliant. Really, really, great.’ In response to complaints filed after the incident, the FCC declared, for the first time, that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive (a so-called “fleeting expletive”) could be actionably indecent.”
According to NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker this decision was somewhat expected.
"This was a big decision that came down from the second circuit here in new york, which tossed out some fcc regulations that most of the broadcast networks actually just couldn't -- couldn't -- didn't think were realistic." said Zucker.
The federal appeals court decision today says the FCC rules are too vague to be constitutional.
H--- yes!!! You still can't read that can you? Stupid editors!
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