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

"In 1976 the Supreme Court case of Young v. American Minitheaters, stated that

hole did not satisfy the definition of, harmful to minors as set forth by the state and

shootings which occurred in 1999 were supposedly driven by the lyrics of KMFDM. One

Commission) will regulate indecent broadcasts and set fourth the standards that will be

words in songs for radio is an obstruction of freedom of speech and should not be aloud."

censorship efforts from religious rights fighters, and especially angry with so called

What about movies? Will there be no more movies with adult language, violence, or

album, a clear,and uncut. Luther Campbell, president, owner and CEO of Luke Records,

Kurt Cobain did. Also, the youths from Columbine High School that committed the

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