Songwriter charges FCC with violating First Amendment rights Associated Press Published Jan 30 2002 NEW YORK -- A New York poet is suing the Federal Communications Commission, claiming the agency violated her First Amendment rights when it deemed one of her songs indecent and fined a radio station for playing it.

The 1999 song, ``Your Revolution,'' didn't include any of the seven words prohibited by the FCC but it contained vivid sexual imagery.

Poet Sarah Jones said she was surprised by the ruling because she wrote the song as a criticism of the degradation of women in hip-hop. Her lawsuit, filed in federal court Tuesday, asks the court to overturn the FCC ruling and seeks an injunction against a $7,000 fine the FCC imposed on Portland, Ore., radio station KBOO-FM for airing the song.

The station contested the fine in July, but no action has been taken, said Jones' lawyer, Lisa Davis.

The FCC declined to comment on the case. In the past year, the agency has come under scrutiny for what some say is inconsistent enforcement of its policies.