Song Banned From Airplay.

Today we really see a song that have been stopped from getting airplay, but in the past there have been many songs that have been stopped of one reason or another. Reasons might be because of copyright infringement as mention in previous posts or because of explicit contents. Explicit contents mean the using of offensive language or other things (like disturbing images and drug content) in a song lyrics or the using of nudity in a music video. There were many songs that were banned for sexual contents which include Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood just to name one. In this song the was band from airplay because of the line "when you're gonna come" which was talk about sexual climax. In 1975 a song by the name "The Pill" by Loretta Lynn's got banned because it referenced the pill as birth control. Also in 1968 the song by The Door "Unknown Soldier" banned for airplay because of it anti-war messages. One of the most famous band of all times the Rolling Stones hit singles "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" was banned for the use of sexual suggestive in the lyrics.

Thats not funny.

In the last blog I discussed copyright infringement in detail and what government is doing about it. This blog shows some of the thing that government did about copyright infringement. In this blogger the government censored music due copyright infringement. There have been many case where the government have censor songs. In the case of Grand Upright v.s. Warner the "producers or creators of parodies of a copyrighted work have been sued for infringement by the targets of their ridicule, even though such use may be protected as fair use. The fair use cases addressing parodies distinguish between parodies — using a work in order to poke fun or comment on the work itself — and satires — using a work to poke fun or comment on something else. Courts have been more willing to grant fair use protections to parodies than to satires, but the ultimate outcome in either circumstance will turn" from the Encyclopedia II - Fair use - Fair use and parody. In this case the of producers and creators of Warner was being sued for copyright in the uses of there parodies and not having the right to use the orignal material. In Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (1994), "the Supreme Court recognized parody as a fair use, even when done for profit. Roy Orbison's publisher, Acuff-Rose Music Inc., had sued 2 Live Crew in 1989 for their use of Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" in a mocking rap version with altered lyrics." also from Fair use: Encyclopedia II - Fair use - Fair use and parody. In both these two cases the government censored the parodies of music that the recreactors did not have the right to uses.

Copyright Infringement

Most people today don’t really consider copyright infringement a problem that is important. Copyright infringement is not really look at today as a commonly thought about problem due to a couple of facts, people seem not to care, the law is not enforce enough or simply people don’t know what it is. Well to answer the question "what is copyright infringement?" Well copyright infringement "Copyright is a statutory or common law right of authors, artists, and developers (or other holders of a copyright) to publish their works, and to prevent others from copying their works. Infringement includes the unauthorized or unlicensed copying of a work subject to copyright." This is from The Tech Law Journal. Copyright infringement has been a problem that government does not seem to want to fix. Government seems to not care about what is happening in the music industry and also protecting musician’s works. The U.S. United States Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 claims "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries". The Contitution have the power to fight copyright infringement yet government seem to not care about protecting peoples works.