WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a lower court decision to throw out a federal agency's $550,000 US indecency fine against CBS Corp for airing singer Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast.

Jackson's right breast was briefly exposed to almost 90 million TV viewers after singer Justin Timberlake ripped off part of her bustier during a halftime show performance. CBS was fined $27,500 for each of the 20 stations it owned.

The justices, in a brief order, rejected an appeal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), declining to review a ruling by a U.S. appeals court based in Philadelphia that held the FCC had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in imposing the fine.

CBS said in a statement that it was "gratified to finally put this episode behind us. It's been more than eight years since we expressed deep regret for the Super Bowl halftime show."

The company said, "At every major turn of this process, the lower courts have sided with us. And now that the Supreme Court has brought this matter to a close, we look forward to the FCC heeding the call for the very balanced enforcement which was the hallmark of the commission for many, many years."

The Supreme Court rejected the FCC's appeal in the CBS case after its June 21 ruling in two separate cases that went against the FCC's crackdown on broadcast profanity and nudity. It unanimously ruled the FCC standards were vague and the agency had failed to give fair notice of its indecency policy change.

The high court's ruling involved 2002 and 2003 awards shows on News Corp's Fox television network when singer Cher blurted out an expletive and actress Nicole Richie used two expletives.

The justices in a second case overturned $1.21 million in fines imposed by the FCC over a seven-second shot of a woman's nude buttocks on a 2003 NYPD Blue episode on Walt Disney Co's ABC network.

The FCC stepped up its indecency crackdown after the Janet Jackson incident, which drew half a million complaints to the agency.

Chief Justice John Roberts agreed with the denial of the appeal. But he wrote briefly and said that even if the appeals court was wrong in its ruling in the CBS case, the FCC has clarified its indecency policy since the Janet Jackson incident.

"It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast -- be it word or image -- cannot immunize it from FCC censure," Roberts wrote.

He said Timberlake and Jackson "strained the credulity of the public by terming the episode a 'wardrobe malfunction'" and added, "As every school child knows, a picture is worth a thousand words, and CBS broadcast this particular picture to millions of impressionable children."

I'm sure all their appeals are exhausted by now. How many times folks gonna say "nah CBS ain't paying shit"? You see how NBC ain't been charged for MIA's finger salute, right? It's useless.

Timmy84 said:

I'm sure all their appeals are exhausted by now. How many times folks gonna say "nah CBS ain't paying shit"? You see how NBC ain't been charged for MIA's finger salute, right? It's useless.

EIGHT YEARS LATER muphukkas are still holding on to this tired ass shit.

[Edited 6/29/12 16:23pm]

smoothcriminal12 said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm sure all their appeals are exhausted by now. How many times folks gonna say "nah CBS ain't paying shit"? You see how NBC ain't been charged for MIA's finger salute, right? It's useless.

EIGHT YEARS LATER muphukkas are still holding on to this tired ass shit.

[Edited 6/29/12 16:23pm]

I mean, really, how many more years can folks keep on holding to old shit? It's sad really.

Timmy84 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

EIGHT YEARS LATER muphukkas are still holding on to this tired ass shit.

[Edited 6/29/12 16:23pm]

I mean, really, how many more years can folks keep on holding to old shit? It's sad really.

What the fuck was it, one second of a tit anyways? Most people didn't even see.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Timmy84 said:

I mean, really, how many more years can folks keep on holding to old shit? It's sad really.

What the fuck was it, one second of a tit anyways? Most people didn't even see.

Unless you had TiVo or saw it online.

All this over a mili-second tit-flash 8 years ago.

Timmy84 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

What the fuck was it, one second of a tit anyways? Most people didn't even see.

Unless you had TiVo or saw it online.

True but if you're online you're actively seeking it out...then it's not her fault anymore.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Timmy84 said:

Unless you had TiVo or saw it online.

True but if you're online you're actively seeking it out...then it's not her fault anymore.

Exactly.

This reminds me..

Do you guys happen to remember when NYPD Blue got fined like a million dollars years ago? They got fined for an episode that was a RE-RUN from 2001.. and they got fined years later For showing to much side boob & near vagina

But when it originally aired no big deal... but oh no show it years later let's call the fcc

Gunsnhalen said:

This reminds me..

Do you guys happen to remember when NYPD Blue got fined like a million dollars years ago? They got fined for an episode that was a RE-RUN from 2001.. and they got fined years later For showing to much side boob & near vagina

But when it originally aired no big deal... but oh no show it years later let's call the fcc

I remember when they showed dude's ass on the show. Forgot his name...

Timmy84 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

This reminds me..

Do you guys happen to remember when NYPD Blue got fined like a million dollars years ago? They got fined for an episode that was a RE-RUN from 2001.. and they got fined years later For showing to much side boob & near vagina

But when it originally aired no big deal... but oh no show it years later let's call the fcc

I remember when they showed dude's ass on the show. Forgot his name...

oh they showed many But Dennis Franz was probably the biggest(No pun intended )

That show was the first show to.. well show ass And that was in 90's! this was in 2000's so i was like FCC you late boo

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

I remember when they showed dude's ass on the show. Forgot his name...

oh they showed many But Dennis Franz was probably the biggest(No pun intended )

That show was the first show to.. well show ass And that was in 90's! this was in 2000's so i was like FCC you late boo

That's him!

Geez...

And Madonna got away with her nipple flash.

Let's get with the program, shall we?

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

Geez...

And Madonna got away with her nipple flash.

Let's get with the program, shall we?

Let's not start this again... she did hers at concert.

But anyway yeah let's move on... Janet's tit wasn't even seen that long anyways.

Timmy84 said:

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

Geez...

And Madonna got away with her nipple flash.

Let's get with the program, shall we?

Let's not start this again... she did hers at concert.

But anyway yeah let's move on... Janet's tit wasn't even seen that long anyways.

EXACTLY!!!!!

It feels like a long time ago, yet I vividly remember when Damita Jo was brand new and how happy I was when I was listening to it in my car outside the mall.

She already paid a huge fine for that incident; her career.

NeonCraxx said:

We are STILL talking about this?

Exactly what I was going to say. Shit is over and done.

ive seen more on the soap operas than they blamiing janet for this is a messed up world let it had of been madonna or britney whore spears the world would call it art racist ass america