Federal · Title 47 — Telecommunications

47 U.S.C. § 611: Closed-captioning of public service announcements

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shall not be required to supply closed captioning for any such announcement that fails to include it; and shall not be liable for broadcasting any such announcement without transmitting a closed caption unless the licensee intentionally fails to transmit the closed caption that was included with the announcement.

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