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Banning offensive words from music

 05-01-2007

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the hip-hop label Def Jam, is asking record companies and other broadcasters to willingly censor three offensive words from songs and the radio, according to The Associated Press. The key word in that sentence is “willingly.” Simmons isn’t asking for the government to intervene, and he isn’t asking performers to stop using those three derogatory terms. He is asking for large companies to voluntarily stop distributing versions of songs that contain them. This isn’t a First Amendment issue. If the recording industry as a whole wants to ban curse words, sexual explicit language and racial epithets, we say, more power to ’em. These companies aren’t obligated to spend their money to distribute material they find objectionable. And if just a few companies comply with the request to deliver songs that don’t contain those words and messages, that’s great. Of course that means the work of rap artists, such as Too $hort, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Eminem, Akon and Three 6 Mafia, likely wouldn’t reach your ears in the exact way that the artists intended. But is that really so bad? If recorded and mass distributed rap songs didn’t include offensive language, - more available

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Banning offensive words from music

 05-01-2007

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the hip-hop label Def Jam, is asking record companies and other broadcasters to willingly censor three offensive words from songs and the radio, according to The Associated Press. The key word in that sentence is “willingly.” Simmons isn’t asking for the government to intervene, and he isn’t asking performers to stop using those three derogatory terms. He is asking for large companies to voluntarily stop distributing versions of songs that contain them. This isn’t a First Amendment issue. If the recording industry as a whole wants to ban curse words, sexual explicit language and racial epithets, we say, more power to ’em. These companies aren’t obligated to spend their money to distribute material they find objectionable. And if just a few companies comply with the request to deliver songs that don’t contain those words and messages, that’s great. Of course that means the work of rap artists, such as Too $hort, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Eminem, Akon and Three 6 Mafia, likely wouldn’t reach your ears in the exact way that the artists intended. But is that really so bad? If recorded and mass distributed rap songs didn’t include offensive language, - more available

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Banning offensive words from music

 05-01-2007

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the hip-hop label Def Jam, is asking record companies and other broadcasters to willingly censor three offensive words from songs and the radio, according to The Associated Press. The key word in that sentence is “willingly.” Simmons isn’t asking for the government to intervene, and he isn’t asking performers to stop using those three derogatory terms. He is asking for large companies to voluntarily stop distributing versions of songs that contain them. This isn’t a First Amendment issue. If the recording industry as a whole wants to ban curse words, sexual explicit language and racial epithets, we say, more power to ’em. These companies aren’t obligated to spend their money to distribute material they find objectionable. And if just a few companies comply with the request to deliver songs that don’t contain those words and messages, that’s great. Of course that means the work of rap artists, such as Too $hort, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Eminem, Akon and Three 6 Mafia, likely wouldn’t reach your ears in the exact way that the artists intended. But is that really so bad? If recorded and mass distributed rap songs didn’t include offensive language, - more available

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