Is there a boundary on explicit lyrics?

koronoru · Post by **koronoru** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:13 pm

I had an idea for a video involving Sarah Jones's Your Revolution, which I heard once years ago on college radio. I didn't really remember the details of the song, so I did a Google search to see if I could find lyrics, and the first thing I found was a web page all about ongoing legal battles surrounding the track, because the FCC tried to fine a radio station for playing it. The claim was that it was obscene. That prompted me to wonder: we've heard a lot about Phade's policy of "no excessive nudity" in locally-hosted videos, but is there a boundary on what is and isn't acceptable in lyrics? If I did go ahead and make a video with "Your Revolution" as the soundtrack, would it be welcome on the org server? I've certainly heard lyrics in videos I downloaded from here, that the FCC wouldn't permit American radio stations to put on the air... but is it just anything goes, or what?

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:20 pm

Generally, we don't care about lyrics. If you submit it to a convention, though, they may have limits as to what lyrics are too excessive. Check with the contest coordinator in these cases, as each con has different criteria.

-DOKool