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by telxosser 1607 days ago
The music industry has exactly been this controversial and a battle ground over difficult free speech issues in my lifetime.

Frank Zappa vs Tiper Gore for instance.

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This however is a business dispute. Zappa vs Gore, as well as the rest of the sick legacy of PMRC, was absolutely an issue of government overreach and real censorship. If this particular case should ever require a senate hearing then I’ll be shocked.

(Luckily for those of us growing up around this time, the ‘Parental Advisory’ sticker basically became a label of good taste - if it’s got that sticker, it might ge worth listening to.)