section 532 of this titleNothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to affect the criminal or civil liability of cable programmers or cable operators pursuant to the Federal, State, or local law of libel, slander, obscenity, incitement, invasions of privacy, false or misleading advertising, or other similar laws, except that cable operators shall not incur any such liability for any program carried on any channel designated for public, educational, governmental use or on any other channel obtained under or under similar arrangements unless the program involves obscene material.
June 19, 1934, ch. 652Pub. L. 98–549, § 298 Stat. 2801Pub. L. 102–385, § 10(d)106 Stat. 1486(, title VI, § 638, as added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 102–3851992— inserted before period at end “unless the program involves obscene material”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–385section 28 of Pub. L. 102–385section 325 of this titleAmendment by effective 60 days after , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date
section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98–549section 521 of this titleSection effective 60 days after , except where otherwise expressly provided, see , set out as a note under .