Aaron Manire (amanire@indiana.edu)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:14:40 -0500 (EST)
Does anyone know anything about They came in Peace by Tranquility Bass.
I got it on a MoWax Headz comp and I was wondering if it was ever released
as a single or anything else. I was really disappointed with the Let the
Freak Flag Fly album.
and on wit da rant...
> That's not censorship, that's capitalism. Citizens (whether they be artists
> or not) don't have a right to use the media without paying fair market price
> for it. Freedom of speech does not include a right to have my music played on
> the radio or my video seen on TV.
>
> Dave
Interesting point. But when the first amendment was drafted (I hope this
isn't being too USentric), street corners, concert-halls, pamphlets, and
books were the only media available. What are the implications of having
a mass media that practically everbody pays attention to, but only a
limited few can afford to produce? And I would venture that quite a few
megaconglomerates do NOT pay fair market price for media coverage
(considering that they own the outlets, e.g. Disney, Turner, Geffen, Dow
Jones, Microsoft, ad nauseum). I think it really alters the signifigance
of freedom of speech. It's insidiously subtle, but real nonetheless.
How 'bout freedom of expression?
Meanwhile, this conversation continues unhindered on the
rapidly-expanding-to-universal-coverage internet! Isn't this list free
(yet critical) advertisement to those who care? Alas, but the net's
rapidly being privatized towards some Orwellian Omega point. The NSA
is filtering every electronic communication ever sent with the AI magic of
Echelon. I wonder if that's a keyword?
Stay strong my peoples, the world is yours!
Aaron
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