Last month, the commission tried to clarify its April indecency ruling, creating a safe harbor for so-called indecent material from midnight to 6 a.m.
The court petition stems from the FCC's change in indecency policies in 2004 to include fleeting expletives and other impromptu indecent material in TV and radio broadcasts.
And possession or dissemination of indecent material (pornographic but not criminal stuff) on government computers?
In New York it is a crime to send indecent material to a minor.
The indictment also includes a felony charge of attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor.
They await trial in June, facing charges of possessing indecent material and insulting the country's president, Robert Mugabe.
The lack of oversight and the anonymity of USENET has attracted people who post pornography and other indecent material.
Mr. Austin, 33, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of trying to send indecent material to a minor.
The accused, Christopher Gazzo, 33, of Port Jefferson, was charged with two counts of distributing indecent material to a minor.
He began reporting saloons open on Sunday to the police and brought charges against publishers of indecent material.
A federal judge in Philadelphia temporarily blocked the government Thursday from enforcing part of new legislation that prohibits making indecent material available to minors via computer.
