New York Consolidated Laws, Public Service Law - PBS § 230. Liability for obscenity, defamation and invasion of privacy

Neither the cable television company whose facilities are used to transmit a program produced by a person other than such cable television company pursuant to the provisions of this article or of federal law or of applicable regulations, nor the officers, directors or employees of any such cable television company shall be liable for damages arising from any obscene or defamatory statements or actions or invasion of privacy occurring during any program when such company does not originate or produce such program.