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Indecent Publications Tribunal

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174: 162:. This was the first time in twenty years that a sound recording had come before the censorship body, and the first ever case involving popular music. After reviewing the various submissions, and listening carefully to the album, the Tribunal found the song "Cop Killer" to be "not exhortatory," saw the album as displaying "an honest purpose," and found Body Count not indecent. 153:
in Auckland, arguing that "Anyone who comes to this country preaching in obscene terms the killing of police, should not be welcome here," before taking Body Count and Warner Bros. Records to the Indecent Publications Tribunal, in an effort to get the song
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and consisted of five members, with one a High Court barrister or solicitor, and four other members with two having qualifications in the field of literature or education.
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The Indecent Publications Tribunal: a social experiment. With text of the legislation since 1910 and classifications of the tribunal
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In July 1992, the New Zealand Police Commissioner unsuccessfully attempted to prevent a concert by the American band
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Decisions made by the Tribunal are still in force unless subsequently overturned after being re-classified. The
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Index

Government of New Zealand
Appeals to
High Court of New Zealand
censorship
New Zealand
Indecent Publications Act 1963
John Robson
Office of Film and Literature Classification
Body Count
Cop Killer
Indecent Publications Act 1963
New Zealand portal
Censorship in New Zealand
Censorship by country
"Indecent Publications Act 1963 - Section 3: Indecent Publications Tribunal"
"Banned Books : Libraries : Banned Books"
the original



Understanding Popular Music
227–229
ISBN
0415235103
Decisions of the Indecent Publications Tribunal
Indecent Publications Tribunal listings
Archives New Zealand
Categories
Censorship in New Zealand
Book censorship in New Zealand

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