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September, 1990

Deep DishMontgomery--An Alabama prosecutor went to court in order to pull the plug on a New York company, Home Dish Satellite Networks, that offered X-rated movies to 30 subscribers in Montgomery. The grand jury handed down more than 500 indictments against Home Dish and the three satellite companies that transmitted its movies, charging them with violation of Alabama's obscenity laws. The satellite companies immediately cut off Home Dish service, leaving the company with no transmission capabil...

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