Word: explicitness
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...Corp. today admitted that a promotional mailing to 175,000 of its "True Reward" customers inadvertently transposed two digits and steered them to a sex chat line. "Are you ready to get naked?" a sultry voice asks. "If you want hard-core, uncensored, explicit sex now . . . then come and -- ummm -- take...
...Senate bill includes an amendment that has shaken advocates of free speech in cyberspace to the core: a ban on all sexually-explicit or"indecent" material transmitted over online computer services and the Internet. Theso-called Exon amendment, passed late Wednesdayby an 84-16 vote, would impose fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to two years for knowingly transmitting "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" pictures or comments overelectronic networks that are accessible to anyone under 18. (Another proposal to send cable operators to jail for carrying explicit material failed at the last minute.) "This...
...Senate has overwhelmingly approved ameasure that would ban the transmission of sexually-explicit or "indecent" material over online computer services and the Internet.The 84-16 vote late Wednesday on the amendment -- part of a sweeping telecommunications reform bill expected to pass today -- backed provisions sponsored by Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.), who peppered a floor speech with references to "disgusting" pictures and material culled from the Internet this week. Exon's amendment, whose victory has sent free-speech advocates into a tailspin, would impose fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to two years forknowingly transmitting...
...pursuing the new set of standards Levin mentioned at the annual meeting, then inviting in recording artists, producers and executives to answer a few critical questions: Do they in fact have standards of decency? What are they? What if anything is over the line? After that could come an explicit code of behavior for artists and distributors-and a retreat from some of the more egregious offenders. The process may well be slow and deliberate, if only to make sure the desired results stick...
...Doggy Dogg. (Earlier this year, Time Warner increased its ownership in Interscope from 25% to 50%.) The standards of taste at Warner Music labels, moreover, have at times seemed extraordinarily lax. Several years ago, Geffen Records (then affiliated with Warner Records) rejected a Geto Boys album because of its explicit lyrics about mutilating women and having sex with dead bodies. The album was immediately distributed by another Warner label...