A Michigan-based software and web developer has published a program that allows music fans to remove dirty words from songs to “protect the mind of a child”. From the Safemusic website:
“It allows you with the ease of a point and click interface to remove explicit/unwanted words, lyrics, or sounds from any song or recorded sound.”
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Safemusic also makes use of an internet database to allow user collaboration. Think of it as user-generated content censorship, if you will. The author of Safemusic lets us know why he felt Safemusic was necessary:
“There are some incredible songs out there that are sure to change the world or already have. Sometimes these songs can unfortunately contain one or two words that stop a child from listening to it or worse corrupting their mind.”
I can only guess that he is thinking of Eric Idle’s ode to the FCC. All dirty jokes aside, there is something really interesting about Safemusic that goes way beyond narrow-minded Midwesterners.
Safesound allows the collaborative editing of copyrighted works, much the same way that DVD editing software like Clearplay allows editing movies. Copyright expert turned expert chef Ernest Miller worte some very clever essays about the Clearplay and Cleanflicks controversy on LawMeme. Here’s an excerpt:
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