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Question Asked:

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Bailey v. Eminem defamation case where the court held Eminem's lyrics were protected by the First Amendment (Attached is the .

Read the article and view the video (IN BOLD ABOVE are the links) to the Pahler v. Slayer case.

Respond to the following questions:

PahlerBailey v. Eminem

Pahler

In the case of Pahler versus Slayer the courts were forced to acknowledge the first amendment rights of the musical group Slayer. It is unfortunate that even with children committing acts of violence against other children the group could not be held accountable for the death of a young girl. The lyrics are clearly in favor of devil worship and the slaying of a young virgin, however, simply because a movie or a song has violent or subjective language does not mean a person should act on said subject matter, and that language is a matter of free speech.

Based on my moral stance, yes the court's decision should have been different because a young girl was murdered. There should be some accountability for the group's lyrics in this case. There are always other factors in the case of the teen boys that led to the murder but no matter how you look at it that girl would still be alive had those boys never listened to the lyrics of Slayer.

Legally, no the decision should not be different because a young girl was murdered. Slayer has the right to sing and say whatever they want in their music. The music group was just expressing themselves and probably had no idea their lyrics would lead to murder. There was no way for anyone to know that two teens would take the lyrics and act them out.

As for artists being responsible for the actions of the fans, there is a thin line between the first amendment and spewing pure hatred and evil. In the case with Eminem the plaintiff claims the loss of a music career because of lyrics. In the case with Slayer a human being lost their life. I think that if anyone for any reason causes the loss of a life they should be held liable, even music groups. Music has an amazing impact on people and for some music is the only form of expression. Because of this the people who influence the masses should be either extremely careful or held accountable.

Need a response for this discussion 1 post ASAP answering the following; Do you agree with their analysis? Discuss with at least two of your classmates' the ethical issues raised in this case and if you think the courts' decisions in both Bailey and Pahler were correct.

Discussion

I believe that there is a very big difference in the Pahler and Bailey v. Eminem cases. However, according to the video the First Amendment is still protecting the band and the rapper.

I believe the court made the right decision in the Pahler case. I personally do not like the band's music or that type genre of music, however, each person is allowed to express themselves how they would like according to the First Amedment. The children in the Pahler case took it upon themselves to enact the horrible murder of an innocent young girl. The children, who in my opinion should not have been listening to such heavy music in the first place, made their own decision to commit murder.

A crime is a statutory wrong prosecuted by the government and carrying a punishment that may include incarceration whereas a tort is a civil wrong excluding breach of contract (Rogers, 2012).

Based on these cases, I believe responsibility lies with the listeners of the music and those responsible for the listeners. Musicians have rights just like everyone else. It is up to the public to determine if they should listen to the music or not. Parents are responsible for their children and if they know that their children are listening to music that is known to be very dark then the parents should feel responsible for talking to their children. Children are young and impressionable and lean towards doing what they feel will help them to be accepted whether it be socially, publically, or even towards a career basis.