Censorship has been in many cultures of the world since anybody can remember, especially in the United States where new technological advancements have brought on many new things and made new censorships for them. But in the music, television, and film business, censorship has limited these industries abilities making it hard for them to show or broadcast what they and their viewers like.
             In one recent incident, Rapper Dr. Dre sued the city of Detroit, the mayor's spokesman and two police officials, accusing them of censorship by threatening to arrest him and organizers if he aired a questioned video during a concert.
             Dr. Dre alleges his free speech and due-process rights were violated by Detroit officials who ordered the video yanked July 6 from a Joe Louis Arena concert also featuring rappers Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Ice Cube. The video was about eight minutes long, showing nudity and a bloody shootout, was not shown. Mayor David Bowens said July 14 that he had not seen the lawsuit but described it as a "baseless (one) and (a) shameless attempt to get more attention focused" on the performers' Up in Smoke Tour.
             "In a nutshell, when you can't even fill up half of Joe Louis (Arena), this can't be viewed as anything else but a publicity stunt to drum up more business as they go on," Bowens said. The lawsuit alleges the video, "integral to (Dr. Dre's) performance," had played during tour stops in 10 U.S. cities and Toronto "without incident before coming to Detroit."
             Hours before the local concert, the suit says, Bowens, the two police officials and "a significant number" of armed law enforcers appeared at the arena and demanded the video be pulled. Police Chief Brown told organizers the concern was whether the video was appropriate for young people, and that the tour hadn't warned the audience on the tickets or in advertisements. Even so, the suit says, an audiotape loop played over loudspeakers outside the arena advised of ...