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Originally posted by krwlz
i dont really care what wal mart does, in the end magazines can be bought just about everywhere
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You might be surprised at how powerful Walmart is. I don't have the souce but in the recent past Walmart has all but killed off several recording artists by refusing to sell their music - The following is probably not a real good source but at the istant it was all I found. Walmart has tremendous control over man industries simply because of their buying power. In the music real something over 50% of all music sold in the US is sold by Walmart. They can do the same to publishing or any other industry they choose to attack - irregardless of the reason.
http://www.davelippman.com/walmart/whyihatewalmart.html
Wal-Mart tells the record industry what they don't like, and the industry produces special "clean" versions for sale by Wal-Mart - versions which are then resold to other retailers. Not to defend obscenity, but look who's deciding what's obscene? Is Wal-Mart your daddy? They are the biggest music retailer in the country - in many places, the only music retailer. Wal-Mart has become the W-chip, blocking or altering album covers and lyrics - not on your home television, but at the global level. Such power is never restricted to obscenity - it always leads to wider controls. They cause musicians to censor themselves in advance. Get Wal-Mart out of the censorship business