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

All in all, by the first amendment a person should be able to express themselves by

Some stores which sell CD's will not carry albums which contain obscenities or sell them

special warning labels on records considered unsuitable for young people." (Manning, 10)

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

not violate any laws, and that the album would still be sold to minors".(Efil4zaggin).

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