We all remember the now legendary Super Bowl halftime show gaffe when Janet’s infamous, world paralyzing nipple popped out on live television for nine-sixteenths of a second, but has anyone been following its legal ramifications?
Reuters reports the FCC has been demanding CBS pay over half a million dollars in fines for the broadcast, but the courts say it just ain't happening. Now the FCC has filed a petition to take it to the Supreme Court.
While the highest court in the land probably has more pressing matters to attend to than a brief glimpse of celebrity mammary gland, the FCC claims they want to know if the courts screwed up "in determining that the most widely viewed broadcast of public nudity in television history fell within the federal prohibitions on broadcast indecency."
CBS says, "We hope the Supreme Court will recognize there are rare instances, particularly during live programing, when it may not be possible to block unfortunate fleeting material, despite best efforts. Doing so would help to restore the policy of restrained indecency enforcement the FCC followed for decades."
Just remember to be thankful this Thanksgiving for the puritans who helped foster the American public's fear of sex.
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