Soxy Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Wal-mart's risque music Wal-Mart Sued Over Evanescence CD Lyrics By DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press Writer HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which promotes itself as a seller of clean music, deceived customers by stocking compact discs by the rock group Evanescence that contain the f-word, a lawsuit claims. The hit group's latest CD and DVD, "Anywhere But Home," don't carry parental advisory labels alerting potential buyers to the obscenity. If they did, Wal-Mart wouldn't carry them, according to the retailer's policy. But the lawsuit claims Wal-Mart knew about the explicit lyrics in the song, "Thoughtless," because it censored the word in a free sample available on its Web site and in its stores. The complaint, filed Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court, seeks an order requiring Wal-Mart to either censor or remove the music from its Maryland stores. It also seeks damages of up to $74,500 for each of the thousands of people who bought the music at Wal-Marts in Maryland. "I don't want any other families to get this, expecting it to be clean. It needs to be removed from the shelves to prevent other children from hearing it," said plaintiff Trevin Skeens of Brownsville. Skeens said he and his wife, Melanie, let their daughter buy the music for her 13th birthday and were shocked when they played it in their car while driving home. Wal-Mart, of Bentonville, Ark., has no immediate plans to pull the CDs from its shelves, spokesman Guy Whitcomb told The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail. He said the company will investigate the allegations. No hearing dates have been set. "While Wal-Mart sets high standards, it would not be possible to eliminate every image, word or topic that an individual might find objectionable," Whitcomb told the newspaper. He told the Herald-Mail that the song sample online was censored by Walmart.com, a separate division of Wal-Mart. Whitcomb didn't return telephone calls Friday from The Associated Press. The lawsuit also names as defendants Wind-up Records LLC, the New York-based company that recorded the music and decided not to apply parental-advisory stickers; and distributor BMG Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, of New York. Sony BMG declined to comment on the lawsuit. Wind-up didn't return calls from the AP. The Skeens' lawyer, Jon D. Pels of Bethesda, said he aims to "take this case national, even if that means going state by state." He dismissed Whitcomb's suggestion that Wal-Mart stores didn't know about the censored version of the song. "They are a multimillion-dollar corporation and they certainly can communicate among their various entities," he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I was going to post this, but I hate Wal*Mart so much that I couldn't even bring myself to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted December 11, 2004 Author Share Posted December 11, 2004 I was going to post this, but I hate Wal*Mart so much that I couldn't even bring myself to do so. Is Wal*Mart ruining America? This is from the Frontline site you posted earlier... I really dislike the Mart as well. Although it's more expensive I'll shop at Target or a stand alone store before Wal*Mart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Is Wal*Mart ruining America? This is from the Frontline site you posted earlier... I really dislike the Mart as well. Although it's more expensive I'll shop at Target or a stand alone store before Wal*Mart... Yeah I watched that -- That episode wasn't too kind to Target either. Though I must admit, I do go there on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Eh, the salary and benefits my sister gets for working there aren't bad for that kind of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Eh, the salary and benefits my sister gets for working there aren't bad for that kind of work. The episode really wasn't about the salary or benefits of its employees. Much more about it's business practices; their bait and switch techniques, their "made in the USA" bulls***, and their ability to demand what production of a product should cost not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted December 11, 2004 Author Share Posted December 11, 2004 Rollback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Suppose one of the benefits of living down here is the "No WalMart's!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Suppose one of the benefits of living down here is the "No WalMart's!!!" Lucky bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASHWOUND Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Yeah I watched that -- That episode wasn't too kind to Target either. Though I must admit, I do go there on occasion. I just went to Wal-Mart cause they had a good deal on a DVD player i wanted...I usually go to Target, Meijer, or Best Buy..I love Best Buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 If anyone knows Trevin Skeens, please kick him in the nuts for me. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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