Young Sheldon fined $272,000 for using banned sounds
This week we were surprised by the fine Young Sheldon will receive, for not complying with the rules of the United States. Although the series is going to premiere its third season, the Federal Communications Commission discovered a prohibited sound in chapter 18 of the first season.
Federal Communications Commission fines Young Sheldon
The fine is made for using a sound equal to that used by the United States emergency alert system. In this way, the regulatory entity has sanctioned the series for a value of 272 thousand dollars as a fine.
The statement made by the commission reads the following:
Unauthorized use of emergency system tones undermines the system itself and presents a substantial threat to public safety. The underlying policy is not just limited to possible listener confusion at the time of improper transmission of emergency tones; The Commission also warns that the use of simulated tones for unauthorized purposes — for commercial or entertainment purposes — can lead to a 'crying wolf' or 'alert fatigue' effect.
Now CBS, owner of the series, must respond to the accusations and present its defense against what has happened in one of its chapters. In the past The Walking Dead was fined $100,000 for doing the same, but recently Jimmy Kimmel's show had to pay almost $400,000 for misusing these sounds.
Apparently, the use of these sounds represents a threat to national security, so they can put the inhabitants at risk or confuse them. Although users on social networks have assured that fining series for this issue is exaggerated, the commission has another way of thinking about enforcing the law.
