[Hieronymus]

The “Black art”s hardly seem in need of or worthy of protection.

[BenLurkin]

Isn’t someone’s poetry already irrelevant to whether he committed a particular crime of not?

[Jim Noble]

If your name is Young Thug, I’m fine using that against you in court.

[Navy Patriot]

A new bill introduced in Congress Wednesday would protect recording artists from having their lyrics used against them in court.

If this makes it into Law, I can see a fabulous Rap Career before me!

[escapefromboston]

Talented artists?

[TigersEye]

The bill's sponsors use the example of Bob Marley who recorded "I Shot the Sheriff," which was not an actual confession to a real crime.

How is that an example? Was Bob Marley ever arrested for shooting the Sheriff? Was his song ever entered as evidence against him in any court proceeding?

Stupid!

[hanamizu]

I’m curious. Where is Congress given the power to decide what evidence can be admitted to state criminal courts? Or does this bill just refer to Federal charges?

[Do_Tar]

Yay! This gives me a new tag line.

[imabadboy99]

So... Alex Jones was just rapping about Sandy Hook... artistic expression and all

[Bikkuri]

There’s nothing “creative” about that noise pollution...

[aimhigh]

So, what if a rapper records a song about shooting the President. Would liberals be OK with that? Probably.

[ModelBreaker]

This law will turn out not to apply when some stupid neo-nazi releases a song celebrating Hitler.

It is designed to protect protected groups.

[ModelBreaker]

But I shot a man in Reno
Just to see him die.

[ModelBreaker]

“The bill’s sponsors use the example of Bob Marley who recorded “I Shot the Sheriff,” which was not an actual confession to a real crime.”

Bob Marley was not jailed for shooting a sheriff. Nor was the song ever used against him.