do you think cds should be banned because of its lyrics?
155697
No, in hte USA there is freedom of speech, even if that speech is hateful, explicit, or foul, it still exists.  Retailers have the right themselves to exclude or include cd's with explicit lyrics as do the consumer in purchasing their cds.
610461
No it is not acceptable and u can press charges for being offended by it.  When I am grocery shopping or whatever i have no desire for me and my kids to listen to that crap.  They are disrupting my peace.
177216
Who cares !!!!!!!!!!!!\nfree music is free music.\nWhy waste like 20 bucks on a new cd when you can get the music you want for free. \nI don't know about you but when I buy a CD it only has a few good songs on it anyways.
138213
Did you know it's illegal to burn music?  It is better to buy the actual CD from a store instead of putting your self in the risk of being fined a great deal of money.
190108
Songs don't directly hurt anyone. I guess they fall under freedom of speech. Spanking a child, even though I think it's sometimes necessary, is hurting someone.\nI guess that's how the law might see it.
404199
it's about forgetting things that have gone wrong and it might be about drugs. also i think that all songs are about what you want them to be. and remember this is supposed to be a punk rock opera so the whole CD is a story.
983413
I think they will always be here. Trying to stop illegal downloads is a lot like prohibition. Although it would be for the best, it has gone too out of hand and somehow someone will find a way to sneak it in, especially with how advanced our technology is today. Our technology is only going to get better too, and CD burners would produce the same effect as illegal downloads. Wouldn't you rather get your music for free instead of for a couple of dollars?
85814
walmart is censoring rappers cds porbably beacuse they have the right to decide wther or not they want to sell a prodcut depending on the values they have. Porbably they don't like the lyrics or do not agree with them so they will not sell a prodcut that they are againt eventough they could loose sales they still hold their position and sell what they think its right,
402475
I don't agree with the illegal downloading of any pirated software. I'm sure the government will now come and check your computer for free music and they will see all of the illegal burned CD's and then you will pay the price for your illegal activities.
5179
In my opinion, cussing only plays a part in who will listen to these songs.  Like myself for example.  I dislike swearing in songs.  It's not necessary.  So I don't listen to songs with swearing.  Other people may not care so they listen to it.  Hope I helped you!
360195
When you have a computer with a CD Writer (or sometimes called a CD burner), you can buy blank CDs and copy things from off of your computer onto the CDs, such as pictures from a digital camera. This means that you can, although illegal, copy music. You can "rip", or copy songs from an unprotected CD onto your computer, then "burn" them onto a blank CD which can be listened to in most CD players. When people sell these illegal copies, the copies are called bootlegs, and the sellers can be fined for making a copy of copy written material. I believe "ripping" and "burning" CDs is also disrespectful to the musical artist who made it.
438172
For me, not with music\nMy friends said they got trouble from .zip files on limewire
983324
I completely agree.  It seems totally ridiculous.\nYa know, it really pisses me off that people wont take responsibility for themselves and their children.  People go buy a CD (with a parental advisory) for there 10 year old and then get mad cause it says bitch and ho.  Then they are angry and offended because they didn't take 2 seconds to look at the label!!\nI think Walmart may kinda have their hands tied.  They probably worry that if they carry Cd's with the unedited lyrics that they will get hit with lawsuits and boycotts (which is probably true)  \nIt's unfortunate in this day with all the information out there and available to us people don't use it, or use it frivolously.
1154952
Oh what a lot of bull....   it has nothing to do with conspiracies, dictatorships or the government...\n\nWhen you say "downloading", you're talking about getting a free copy of a commerical product.   Somebody made that product, and expects to get paid for doing so.    What you're doing is stealing...  but it's happening in such numbers that it's just not practical to prosecute every individual who scores a few bootleg movies...\nThe movie. music and game industries are directing their energies to proscuting the people who turn theft into a big business.... they steal the product and pass it on because they think its cool to "beat the system", or because they have some convoluted political agenda...\nNow, can I come by and take somehting that you worked for? Your car?  Is it OK If I take that and give it to a stranger on the street?  You wouldn't mind?  It is, after all, politically correct ...  :-)
669311
NO WAY!  The first year Napster was in existence, there were record sales in CD's.  I thing the effect of downloading has caused artists to make better records.  No more buying a record for one good song.  The public is tired of it.  That's all I have to say about that.
553109
You could mention the price of downloading a song legally - that puts people off\n\nThat kids and teens don't have credit cards so downloading illegally is the only option they have\n\nIf c.d's weren't so expensive to buy people wouldn't need to download
140694
I have so been waiting for this question.\n\nThe music companies developed CD’s with "planned obsolescence" (they’re designed to break and scratch). Didn’t we learn anything from vinyl records? I bought one of the first CD players for my computer 20 years ago and it came with cartridges that the CD went into. Sort of like a 3.5” floppy except the cartridge opened up and you could put different CD’s in it. It looked like a slim line CD case except it had a spring-loaded door on one end like a floppy. Why don’t we have those today? Because you wouldn’t have to buy another one when it scratched.\n\nDo you know how much it costs to burn a new CD for the music companies? I’ll bet it’s under a dollar. Where does the rest of the $15.99 go?\n\nIt burns me that they target some poor college kid to prosecute and splatter it all over news. The kid probably doesn’t even have a job but they’ve decided to make an example of him for the publicity.\n\nDigital file sharing is an evolution in technology that the record companies never saw coming and we’d still be in the dark ages being force fed their crappy CD’s if it wasn’t for the innovators at Napster.\n\nGo cry me a river.