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In terms of indecency fines, there was no action taken by the FCC on the case [[Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation|FCC v. Pacifica]] until 1987, about ten years after the [[landmark decision|landmark]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] decision that defined the power of the FCC over [[Inappropriateness|indecent]] material as applied to broadcasting.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bensky |first=Larry |title=Living Room : Interview With Comedian George Carlin |publisher=Pacifica Radio Archives |date=June 4, 1997 |url=http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/pz031546 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204034059/http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/pz031546 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Bensky |first=Larry |title=PZ0624b Radical Comedians Box Set DISC TWO |publisher=Pacifica Radio Archives |date=June 4, 1997 |url=https://archive.org/details/Pz0624bRadicalComediansBoxSetDiscTwo |access-date = February 18, 2014}}</ref> | In terms of indecency fines, there was no action taken by the FCC on the case [[Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation|FCC v. Pacifica]] until 1987, about ten years after the [[landmark decision|landmark]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] decision that defined the power of the FCC over [[Inappropriateness|indecent]] material as applied to broadcasting.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bensky |first=Larry |title=Living Room : Interview With Comedian George Carlin |publisher=Pacifica Radio Archives |date=June 4, 1997 |url=http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/pz031546 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204034059/http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/pz031546 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Bensky |first=Larry |title=PZ0624b Radical Comedians Box Set DISC TWO |publisher=Pacifica Radio Archives |date=June 4, 1997 |url=https://archive.org/details/Pz0624bRadicalComediansBoxSetDiscTwo |access-date = February 18, 2014}}</ref> | ||
After the 1990s had passed, the FCC began to increase its [[Censorship in the United States#Broadcast censorship|censorship and enforcement of indecency regulations]] in the early 2000s to include a response to the [[Janet Jackson]] "[[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|wardrobe malfunction]]" that occurred during the halftime show of [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]].<ref name="apologeticjackson">{{cite news |author=[[Nekesa Mumbi Moody]] |date=February 3, 2004 |title=Janet Jackson Apologizes for Bared Breast |agency= | After the 1990s had passed, the FCC began to increase its [[Censorship in the United States#Broadcast censorship|censorship and enforcement of indecency regulations]] in the early 2000s to include a response to the [[Janet Jackson]] "[[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|wardrobe malfunction]]" that occurred during the halftime show of [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]].<ref name="apologeticjackson">{{cite news |author=[[Nekesa Mumbi Moody]] |date=February 3, 2004 |title=Janet Jackson Apologizes for Bared Breast |agency=Associated Press |url=http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SUPER_BOWL_JACKSON?SITE=MAHYC&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203025228/http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SUPER_BOWL_JACKSON?SITE=MAHYC&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |archive-date=February 3, 2004}}</ref> | ||
Then on June 15, 2006, President [[George W. Bush]] signed into law the [[Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005]] sponsored by then-Senator [[Sam Brownback]], a former broadcaster himself, and endorsed by [[Congress of the united States|Congressman]] [[Fred Upton]] of [[Michigan]] who authored a similar bill in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The new law stiffens the penalties for each violation of the Act. The Federal Communications Commission will be able to impose fines in the amount of $325,000 for each violation by each station that violates decency standards. The legislation raised the fine ten times over the previous maximum of $32,500 per violation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html |title=The Price for On-Air Indecency Goes Up |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |date=June 8, 2006 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 27, 2009 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922210031/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Number S. 193 |work=Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) from Congressional THOMAS DB |url=http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.193&congress=109 |access-date=April 11, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050916182346/http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.193&congress=109 |archive-date=September 16, 2005 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> | Then on June 15, 2006, President [[George W. Bush]] signed into law the [[Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005]] sponsored by then-Senator [[Sam Brownback]], a former broadcaster himself, and endorsed by [[Congress of the united States|Congressman]] [[Fred Upton]] of [[Michigan]] who authored a similar bill in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The new law stiffens the penalties for each violation of the Act. The Federal Communications Commission will be able to impose fines in the amount of $325,000 for each violation by each station that violates decency standards. The legislation raised the fine ten times over the previous maximum of $32,500 per violation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html |title=The Price for On-Air Indecency Goes Up |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |date=June 8, 2006 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 27, 2009 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922210031/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Number S. 193 |work=Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) from Congressional THOMAS DB |url=http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.193&congress=109 |access-date=April 11, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050916182346/http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.193&congress=109 |archive-date=September 16, 2005 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> | ||