The V-chip provision in the Senate version of indecency legislati...
The V-chip provision in the Senate version of indecency legislation (S-2056), which passed the Commerce Committee 23- 0 Tues. (CD March 10 p1), was hailed by Toronto-based Tri- Vision International, holder of key V-chip patents, as marking a possible…
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“resurgence” in the technology’s “importance.” Tri-Vision said the legislation would make it a crime to distribute unrated violent programming that would escape detection by the V-chip. It didn’t mention an amendment, introduced by the Committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Hollings (D-S.C.), and approved by the panel, that appeared to call the V-chip into question. The amendment would require the FCC to study the effectiveness of the V- chip. If the FCC finds the V-chip “insufficiently effective,” the Commission must set rules prohibiting the broadcast of violent content during hours when children are “reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience.” Tri-Vision said more than 80 million TV sets in the U.S. were equipped with “at least some form” of V-chip technology.