Bruce Bereano:
Thank you, Chairman Miller, members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. My name is Bruce Bereano. I'm an attorney here in Annapolis, Maryland. I am here on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, which is a trade association out of New York City, which hired me to represent their interests after this bill passed the House of Delegates to seek the defeat of this legislation. RIAA is a trade association of the manufacturers of records and tapes in the United States. With me, at my invitation, as my guest, is Mr. Frank Zappa, born and raised here in the state of Maryland, a recording musician, songwriter, and entertainer for some thirty-odd years. I'd like to make a few remarks before I turn the microphone over to Mr. Zappa.
This legislation, like other legislation unfortunately considered in legislatures throughout the state and other states, deals with trying to have government intervene in the development, the establishment, and the dealing with matters that should be and should remain within the responsibility, the commitment, and the obligation of the family structure.
I will not spend a great deal of time going over lyrics that I could cite as well. Let me just indicate one though:
Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale
—Cole Porter, 1930.
I'd like to ask Mr. Frank Zappa to please comment on this legislation. Mr. Zappa.
FZ:
Thank you. First of all I wanna make it very clear I do not represent the RIAA, nor would they wish me to.
These are my personal views, these are opinions. I'm not a lawyer. I'm a guy with a high school education. I did not go to high school in Maryland. I escaped. And, uh . . . This is working here? Hello. Which one's working? None?
This is censorship.
Thank you, Chairman Miller, members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. My name is Bruce Bereano. I'm an attorney here in Annapolis, Maryland. I am here on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, which is a trade association out of New York City, which hired me to represent their interests after this bill passed the House of Delegates to seek the defeat of this legislation. RIAA is a trade association of the manufacturers of records and tapes in the United States. With me, at my invitation, as my guest, is Mr. Frank Zappa, born and raised here in the state of Maryland, a recording musician, songwriter, and entertainer for some thirty-odd years. I'd like to make a few remarks before I turn the microphone over to Mr. Zappa.
This legislation, like other legislation unfortunately considered in legislatures throughout the state and other states, deals with trying to have government intervene in the development, the establishment, and the dealing with matters that should be and should remain within the responsibility, the commitment, and the obligation of the family structure.
I will not spend a great deal of time going over lyrics that I could cite as well. Let me just indicate one though:
Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale
—Cole Porter, 1930.
I'd like to ask Mr. Frank Zappa to please comment on this legislation. Mr. Zappa.
FZ:
Thank you. First of all I wanna make it very clear I do not represent the RIAA, nor would they wish me to.
These are my personal views, these are opinions. I'm not a lawyer. I'm a guy with a high school education. I did not go to high school in Maryland. I escaped. And, uh . . . This is working here? Hello. Which one's working? None?
This is censorship.
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