Wal-mart sued over Evanescence Lyrics

[The Grimace]

Germany's a great deal more repressive than the US in regard to free speech.

Only when it comes to Nazis, Jews, and the Holocaust, and maybe a rare few political issues like Communism. Have you watched German television before? I mean... fuck, man. Granted, I'd say Germany is #3 in the civilised world behind the UK and America, but even the UK's censorship is a distant second.

 

[kollex]

Only when it comes to Nazis, Jews, and the Holocaust, and maybe a rare few political issues like Communism. Have you watched German television before? I mean... fuck, man. Granted, I'd say Germany is #3 in the civilised world behind the UK and America, but even the UK's censorship is a distant second.

In germany its acutually Illegal to sell any Gorerotted albums or the first 4 cannibal corpse albums in any capicity for some bizzare self serving reason.

in the Uk there were calls from moral watchdogs for extreme metal cds to not to be allowed for purchase to the under 18's wether they are explicit or blasemphous content or not up until arounf the turn of the milenium

 

[The Grimace]

In germany its acutually Illegal to sell any Gorerotted albums or the first 4 cannibal corpse albums in any capicity for some bizzare self serving reason.

Which is more ridiculous... a government not allowing the import/sale of a few albums containing some of the most obscenely violent lyrics ever written, or a government censoring 'potty mouth' from every outlet of it's media under penalty of multi-thousand (if not million) dollar fines to the offenders? Or how about this... what kind of fine do you think Fox got for the Janet Jackson hooter thing?

THE GERMANS HAVE TITS ON TV ALL THE TIME!!

in the Uk there were calls from moral watchdogs for extreme metal cds to not to be allowed for purchase to the under 18's wether they are explicit or blasemphous content or not up until arounf the turn of the milenium

Yeah, and Jerry Falwell got several months of national media coverage in the US because he thought a fucking Teletubbie was gay. What's your point? That there's freaks everywhere, and some idiots listen to them?

 

[kollex]

I didn't quite know what my point was until i remembered this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4073997.stm

if that law gets passed then loads of metal bands in the UK will get banned

off the top my head these would include

Slayer
Cradle of filth
Deicide
Exodus
Venom
Dimmu Borgir
Marduk
Dark Funeral
Akercocke
Morbid Angel
Impaled Nazarene
A Perfect circle (remember the lyrics to Judith)

of course like Rowan Atkinson said in the article it will have precisely the opposite effect, It will be an act of rebellion to own a cd with anti-christian lyrics and the whole emphasis will shift from the music onto the nature of the lyrics

 

[sumairetsu]

what kind of fine do you think Fox got for the Janet Jackson hooter thing?

Actually, it wasn't Fox; it was Viacom (the parent company of CBS) that got slapped with the fines for showing Janet's titty on the screen.

Back to the main part of this story: Sony BMG and the other major labels - as well as the independents - don't have to put parental advisory stickers on the CDs that they release. If anyone remembers the PMRC hearings back in 1985, the major labels agreed that they would place the labels on their products, but that it would/could not be enforced.

People are getting upset over the wrong things. I'm pretty sure that this 13 year old girl has been using this type of language at school or that her father has used it around the house in the presence of his daughter. Personally, I think that he's getting bent out of shape over the wrong thing. They're just words.

Oh yeah, something else I just remembered: isn't Evanescense supposed to be a Christian band?

 

[Hammer of Might]

What is strange is that since it is so popular and making lots of money
now, Wal-Mart is leaving it on the shelves.

How is that strange?

They're Wal-Mart.

 

[Life Sucks]

That's ridiculous. I bet that those Christian pieces of shit are suing largely to make some money.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Haha yes because Christians never want to make any money considering how bad their religion got fucking owned with the recent church scandal bullshit. I can't wait until they fucking give up.

 

[gatedropper]

How is that strange?

They're Wal-Mart.

No shit.

 

[The Grimace]

Completely outlawing a form of media is obviously worse than outlawing it from public air space.

Cannibal Corpse is not a 'form of media', they're a band.

 

[The Grimace]

Do you know what bands do?

Well, I've played in a few...

Music, or recorded music, or compact discs, or broadcast performance, these are all 'forms of media'. Four Cannibal Corpse CD's are not.

 

[None_So_Vile]

The UK is the most pathetic politically correct country in the world, it drives me insane

 

[The Grimace]

I don't think I see your point...

Imagine that.

 

[Demilich]

Kinda funny how The Grimace is wrong, but he's still trying to act all smart and snobbish.

Cannibal Corpse is a band, they make music. Music is a form of media, not the band Cannibal Corpse. Germany didn't outlaw music as a whole, so they didn't outlaw a form of media, only a small fraction of that form.

 

[The Grimace]

Kinda funny how The Grimace is wrong, but he's still trying to act all smart and snobbish.

Cannibal Corpse is a band, they make music. Music is a form of media, not the band Cannibal Corpse. Germany didn't outlaw music as a whole, so they didn't outlaw a form of media, only a small fraction of that form.

Oh lordy lordy L-ord. YOU JUST SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID, STUPID COCK!!!

Recorded music is a form of media, but A PIECE OF RECORDED MUSIC is not a form of media. It's the difference between 'They banned CDs' and 'They banned some CDs', which is a huge fucking difference.

How the fuck do I get pulled into this shit all the time??

 

[The Grimace]

Yadda

Nope, nope, nope, nope.... you're done, ok?

 

[Demilich]

Oh lordy lordy L-ord. YOU JUST SAID WHAT I FUCKING SAID, STUPID COCK!!!

Recorded music is a form of media, but A PIECE OF RECORDED MUSIC is not a form of media. It's the difference between 'They banned CDs' and 'They banned some CDs', which is a huge fucking difference.

How the fuck do I get pulled into this shit all the time??

Haha.. I meant Ockham. My mistake.

 

[DE]

it's not worth it ockham come back to bed honey

 

[anonymousnick2001]

:zombie:

 

[The Grimace]

...uke: . .. .. uke:
Though I'm not even sure of either of your genders, I am thoroughly fucking repulsed by the thought either way... uke:

Freak-Love = uke: