§440G-17 Criminal and civil liability. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect the criminal and civil liability of cable programmers, cable operators, or access organizations pursuant to the federal, state, or local laws regarding libel, slander, obscenity, incitement, invasions of privacy, false or misleading advertising, or other similar laws, except that no access organization shall incur any such liability arising from, based on, or related to any program not created by the access organization, which is broadcast on any channel obtained under section 440G-8, or under similar arrangements. [L 1991, c 294, §2]
Cross References
Cable television service fraud, see §§708-8200 and 708-8201.
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