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> There's nothing stopping these maniacs from starting their own intermediaries to host the content(trash) they want to peddle. Who decides on what is and isn'

by imron 9y ago

> There's nothing stopping these maniacs from starting their own intermediaries to host the content(trash) they want to peddle. Who decides on what is and isn't trash? The article states "And music streaming services offered by Google, Deezer and Spotify have said they would remove music that incites violence, hatred or racism." Does this mean they will remove things like 'Fuck tha police' or 'Smack my bitch up'? I don't like such music and would consider it trash, it also falls quite clearly under inciting violence and hatred. As much as I don't like that music though, I like even less having a handful of companies being the arbiters of what content is and isn't available.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> Who decides on what is an isn't trash? Every person or entity called in to relay material that isn't a regulated utility, arm of the state, common carriers, or otherwise deprived of or restrained in the exercise of free speech rights.
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xamuel 9y ago
"Fuck tha police" is from an album which was recently selected for preservation by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant". The album was also rated the 144th best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
- imron 9y ago
  Exactly! And that's why it's a good thing that I'm not the arbiter of what can and can't be listened to on the Internet. Who would you give that power to though? And can you be sure that the people you give it to will agree with you on everything that should and shouldn't be allowed? 'Fuck tha police' talks about slaughtering cops, using sniper rifles to take them out, a bloodbath of cops dying and so on. Can you trust that a company that says it will remove all music that incites violence and hatred to allow such a song to be available online? Can you trust that once a company has set a policy of removing things that incite violence and hatred that other people won't come along and petition to have such songs removed on those grounds? I might not like that song but I'm not going to try and ban it, because I accept that it's ok for people to like things I personally find distasteful. If I don't like it, I have the freedom to choose not to listen to it. I am worried though when I hear companies talk about banning things with such large umbrella terms that can be arbitrarily enforced.

by imron 9y ago

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Who decides on what is an isn't trash? Every person or entity called in to relay material that isn't a regulated utility, arm of the state, common carriers, or otherwise deprived of or restrained in the exercise of free speech rights.

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xamuel 9y ago

"Fuck tha police" is from an album which was recently selected for preservation by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant". The album was also rated the 144th best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.

imron 9y ago
Exactly! And that's why it's a good thing that I'm not the arbiter of what can and can't be listened to on the Internet. Who would you give that power to though? And can you be sure that the people you give it to will agree with you on everything that should and shouldn't be allowed? 'Fuck tha police' talks about slaughtering cops, using sniper rifles to take them out, a bloodbath of cops dying and so on. Can you trust that a company that says it will remove all music that incites violence and hatred to allow such a song to be available online? Can you trust that once a company has set a policy of removing things that incite violence and hatred that other people won't come along and petition to have such songs removed on those grounds? I might not like that song but I'm not going to try and ban it, because I accept that it's ok for people to like things I personally find distasteful. If I don't like it, I have the freedom to choose not to listen to it. I am worried though when I hear companies talk about banning things with such large umbrella terms that can be arbitrarily enforced.