Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: POP/ROCK Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 06:47:12 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: POP/ROCK Publication Date: Tuesday November 3, 1992 BYLINE: ALEENE MacMINN Upholding Free Speech: A Superior Court judge in Washington state's King County has struck down a 5-month-old anti-erotic music statute on the grounds that the law was vague and violated free speech provisions of the First Amendment. The legislation, which banned the sale of sexually explicit records to minors, was opposed by such Seattle rock groups as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. The ruling comes as the result of a lawsuit filed in June by the Washington Music Industry Coalition in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Recording Industry Assn. of America. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM