Now this whole debate hinges on one thing: your definition of censorship. Some say that censorship is not allowing recording artists to spew whatever they call "music" to everyone and to be able to say whatever hurtful ...read more
by Ill Cosby
Advantage and Disadvantage of Music Censorship Like any censorship of the arts, music censorship has wide pitfalls. In 1985, PMRC (whose most notable supporter was Tipper Gore, who organized the PMRC after her children...read more
by Rob Lamb
In the true halls of freedom censorship is a bad word. As it applies to music today it has merely been a thorn in the side. We must look at the context in which censoring occurs before we can judge if it is indeed true cen...read more
by Jeff Johns
Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks spouts off onstage with her opinions on The President, country music fans react negatively and a huge radio conglomerate decides to ban the Chicks from their stations. Cries of censorship...read more
There are positively no advantages to music censorship and, since this is a community of writers, it scares me to think that anyone would dare support the opposite view. However, since we still do have some freedom of spee...read more
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