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Sure, there's a conscious decision by someone not to include the WTC in Spiderman, or not to air the Simpsons episode, but, considering that it comes from some guy in some corporation, it's not censorship.
The government preventing, by fining or imprisoning or otherwise coercing, people or companies from saying/printing/broadcasting certain things is censorship. Because the directive comes from the government.
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ObPedant: The government prevents anyone else from playing "The Simpsons go to New York". Fox chooses to prevent itself. So, technically, if the government didn't enforce the current infinite duration copywrite, one could eventually see "The Simpsons go to New York" even if Fox didn't want you to.