>From _Broadcasting in America_ by Head and Sterling, 5th edition:

'By mid-1985, decision in four cases, three of them brought in Utah,
had found state cable obscenity and indeceny legislation in violation
of the First Amendment. Courts threw out laws limiting indecent
programming, finding them too broad in scope. Because cable does not
use the open spectrum, the scarcity argument that had supported
obscenity limitations on broadcasting could not be applied. Since
cable was paid for, the courts reasoned, it was not as "uniqely
intrustive" as broadcasting, and for similar reason it was consiered
not as available to children. The judge in one case suggested that the
real responsiblity for preventing children from seeing such
programming rested with parrents (11 MLR 2217).'

- Carl

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