Music Industry Censorship
“The PMRC was founded in May of 1985.”(Tipper) In November of 1985 the PMRC met with the Recording Industry Association of America. The two organizations made an agreement that a label saying “Explicit Lyrics-Parental Advisory” should be placed on albums containing obscenities, or sexual lyrics. The main parent leading the PMRC is Al Gores wife, Tipper Gore. “Tipper Gore seems to be ruining her husbands chances at ever becoming president. The problem is that the entertainment industry, which would mean a lot of votes in Al Gores corner, would be leaving him because the record label companies major money makers are artists who use lyrics which pertain to sex, drugs, and violence.”(Tipper). “On July seventh there was a major defeat of a second censorship bill in Louisiana that would have made it legal to sell stickered albums to minors. Officials from the RIAA, and the National Association of Recording Merchandise were very pleased.”(Explicit). For other legal areas, “Minneapolis Cities attorney general has informed Minnesota attorney general, Hubert H Humphry III, that the sale of N.W.A album “Efil4zaggin” to minors is not prosecutable under state, and local laws.”(Minnesota). The albums content
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