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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
(a) Whoever knowingly utters any obscene language or distributes
any obscene matter by means of cable television or subscription
services on television, shall be punished by imprisonment for not
more than 2 years or by a fine in accordance with this title, or
both.
(b) As used in this section, the term "distribute" means to send,
transmit, retransmit, telecast, broadcast, or cablecast, including
by wire, microwave, or satellite, or to produce or provide material
for such distribution.
(c) Nothing in this chapter, or the Cable Communications Policy
Act of 1984, or any other provision of Federal law, is intended to
interfere with or preempt the power of the States, including
political subdivisions thereof, to regulate the uttering of
language that is obscene or otherwise unprotected by the
Constitution or the distribution of matter that is obscene or
otherwise unprotected by the Constitution, of any sort, by means of
cable television or subscription services on television.
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