Janet Jackson
I bet most of you reading this know of the case, even if it’s not new by far at this point. In 2004, at a show for the Super Bowl, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake had an act together which ended with a nice view for watchers…and they were millions as it was broad-casted on national TV. Here is an excerpt from a news column at the time:
” MTV, which produced the Janet Jackson halftime show for Super Bowl 38, promised a “shocking surprise”. Fans got it at the end of her duet with Justin Timberlake (sample lyric: “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song”) when he grabbed the front of her costume and yanked the cover off her right breast, which flopped into the clear view of the worldwide audience. Timberlake called the incident a “wardrobe malfunction” that was “not intentional”. (Houston Chronicle, AP) …After days of rehearsal, that’s the best excuse they could think up? ”
Jakcson feat. Timberland nearing the "malfunction"
The Supreme Court already had made a decision, to fine CBS with no less than $550,000 over the short but tasty incident. However, the Supreme Court now wants a lower court to re-handle the case, the Associated Press reports.
The lower court ruled in favor of CBS, stating that the Federal Communications Commission did not follow it’s own policy concerning complaints of indecency or nudity. The AP writes that this order to revisit the case is due tot he Supreme Court’s ruling last week that upheld FCC’s policy of threatening fines against even one-time uses of curse words on live television.
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