Of course it is legal for a private organaztion to do whatever they want, for instance if I run a private school and only choose to admit White Students I can do so, ect...
The issue at hand is if the US is going to allow itself to be controled by the hyper-liberal communist regimes currently running Western Europe. If we allow European courts to tell American companies what they can and cannot do than what is next? Are we going to allow the UN to run the country instead of our own government? The other issue I would like to address is if it is even worth trying. For one thing Napster really cannot control what type of MP3 files people have on the computer as any MP3 file can be transfered. There are really only two ways to stop so called "NAZI" music from making it on Napster, number have someone listen to every song every user has in their library and censor it. Of course they would have to pay people to do this which would end Napster's run as a free service. The other option would be censor based on the files name. If that were the case NS users would simply rename the files to get by, thus increasing the chance that someone not wanting to hear Racialist music would.
then you would have to deal with the fact that the NAZIs would say that if you banned their music based on content one would have to ban gangsta rap and hip-hop. As these "music" forms contain content just as bad if not worse and they'd be right.
It's all really not worth the trouble.
First I would like to know what exactly is ment by "NAZI" music? All White Separatist music is not National Socialist in nature nor are all White Nationalist bands NS. The fact of the matter is NAZI music could become a rather large group of music quite quickly. For instance, would all WW2 German Marches be banned? How about Wagner? He wrote a book on the influence of Jews on the French music scene of his time and his tone toward the jews is anything but kind. Which is why his music was so widly used during the Third Reich.
Or are they going to define it as music with violence as a message? While a large share of White Nationalist, so called "NAZI music," would not be in such a catogery, viturally all that black gansta rap "music" would have to be banned. Imagine the outcry of racism if they wanted to ban black music for its terrible content.
Free Speech sould be allowed not only on Napster but on every other forum as well. If you don't want to listen to "NAZI" music then don't download it, but why should your views stop individuals that do want to listen to it doing so?
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Of course it is legal for a private organaztion to do whatever they want, for instance if I run a private school and only choose to admit White Students I can do so, ect... The issue at hand is if the US is going to allow itself to be controled by the hyper-liberal communist regimes currently running Western Europe. If we allow European courts to tell American companies what they can and cannot do than what is next? Are we going to allow the UN to run the country instead of our own government? The other issue I would like to address is if it is even worth trying. For one thing Napster really cannot control what type of MP3 files people have on the computer as any MP3 file can be transfered. There are really only two ways to stop so called "NAZI" music from making it on Napster, number have someone listen to every song every user has in their library and censor it. Of course they would have to pay people to do this which would end Napster's run as a free service. The other option would be censor based on the files name. If that were the case NS users would simply rename the files to get by, thus increasing the chance that someone not wanting to hear Racialist music would. then you would have to deal with the fact that the NAZIs would say that if you banned their music based on content one would have to ban gangsta rap and hip-hop. As these "music" forms contain content just as bad if not worse and they'd be right. It's all really not worth the trouble.
First I would like to know what exactly is ment by "NAZI" music? All White Separatist music is not National Socialist in nature nor are all White Nationalist bands NS. The fact of the matter is NAZI music could become a rather large group of music quite quickly. For instance, would all WW2 German Marches be banned? How about Wagner? He wrote a book on the influence of Jews on the French music scene of his time and his tone toward the jews is anything but kind. Which is why his music was so widly used during the Third Reich. Or are they going to define it as music with violence as a message? While a large share of White Nationalist, so called "NAZI music," would not be in such a catogery, viturally all that black gansta rap "music" would have to be banned. Imagine the outcry of racism if they wanted to ban black music for its terrible content. Free Speech sould be allowed not only on Napster but on every other forum as well. If you don't want to listen to "NAZI" music then don't download it, but why should your views stop individuals that do want to listen to it doing so?