Eric M
Honolulu Star Bulletin:

THE call letters KUNT have landed at a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui. Alarmingly similar to a word the dictionary says is obscene, the call letters were among a 15-page list of new call letters issued by the Federal Communications Commission and released this week. The same station owner also received KWTF for a station in Arizona.

... The Code of Federal Regulations [says] "objections to the assignment of requested call signs will not be entertained at the FCC," ...


The best thing about the FCC giving you the call letters KUNT is that if you pronounced them over the air you'd probably get a fine from the FCC.
 
 
 
Eric M
29 November 2005 @ 09:14 pm
Newsday explains how the only thing preventing us from eating each other's brains is the censorship of video games, and then Joe Lieberman explains how he cost America the 2000 election: "[Video] Games featuring graphic scenes of cannibalism, "F.E.A.R." and "Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse," were among the 12 "games to avoid" listed Tuesday by the National Institute on Media and the Family. ... 'It's just the worst kind of message to kids,' said Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who joined institute officials at a press conference announcing the group's 10th annual video game report card. 'They can be dangerous to your children's health.'"
 
 
Eric M
14 October 2005 @ 03:43 pm
Warren points this out:

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Tucked deep inside a massive bill designed to track sex offenders and prevent children from being victimized by sex crimes is language that could put many Hollywood movies in the same category as hard-core, X-rated films.

The provision added to the Children's Safety Act of 2005 would require any film, TV show or digital image that contains a sex scene to come under the same government filing requirements that adult films must meet.

... The provision, written by Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., could have ramifications beyond simply requiring someone to ensure that the names and ages of actors who partake in pretend lovemaking as compliance with Section 2257 in effect defines a movie or TV show as a pornographic work under federal law. Industry sources say the provision was included in the bill at the behest of the Justice Department. ...


I'll point out that digital images = webcomics.