... The documentary "Pros and Cons of Censorship points out, "Censorship denies access to vital information. Freedom of speech is compromised; it prevents the free flows of ideas (in which) works against creativity"(pg. 2). Constantly altering an artists song/work takes away from them and prevents them from expressing ... quot;Even small children know the difference between fiction and reality, and their attitudes and behavior are shaped more by their life circumstances than by the book, TV, (or the music they listen to)." The upbringing of adolescents is important and music plays a big role ...

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... by John Syner in his essay "Many Things We Pay for Are Free": "Why would people buy something that they can get for free?" There are dozens of companies that sell water. We pay for TV when there is free programming. We buy books, when we borrow them for free at the library. Why would you pay for a song that you ... could get for free? For the same reason that you will buy a book that you could borrow from the public library or buy a DVD of a movie ... 't give it away, you certainly can't sell it. There will always be a market for CD's because people, especially music collectors, want so...

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