Sports and Entertainment Law Assignment
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Sports and Entertainment Law Assignment
Added on 2021-06-17
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Running head: SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW1Sports and Entertainment LawName:Institutional Affiliation:
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW2Sports and Entertainment LawSignificance and Role of Censorship within the Entertainment IndustryCensorship is the overpowering of speech or removal of some communicative material that are thought to be harmful, objectionable, inconvenient or sensitive to the media organizations or the government by a censor. Censorship is mostly present in the entertainment industry. Sports and entertainment usually affect the common interest of the public, and therefore, they are subject to some certain types of governmental regulation. Nonetheless, the efforts to regulate or censor films and presentations usually affect screenwriters, free speech rights of playwrights, filmmakers, distributors, and performers. In this regard, this paper intends to discuss the significance and role of censorship in the entertainment industry by first discussinga brief history of the regulation and the background of the sports and entertainment industry in Singapore, and finally how censorship impacts the industry. History of CensorshipEntertainment industry, which is repeatedly being condemned by rights groups, is not in any way unusual in the world. It is evident that it has had its roots in the ancient times when leaders were seen imposing restrictions on the press so that they could prevent the spread of some irrelevant information. In particular, they could prevent the information they thought could challenge their power base and the system of belief. Communities, religious organizations, governments and kings widely used censorship throughout history. However, the motive of censorship did not change from region to region despite the differences of the geographical location, culture, religion and tradition.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW3Censorship was first found in the ancient Greek and Roman empires and in ancient Chinawith the prominent philosophers such as Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Socrates (469-399 BC) being considered as some of the first victims. They were all punished by the religious leaders andthe rulers for challenging the established power base and the belief system. In 213 B.C, Emperor Qin in China ordered the burning of books as he wanted to unify the belief system and rewrite his own history. In China, censorship was considered a legitimate instrument to help regulate the moral and political life of the society (Newth, 2010). Nonetheless, flourishing democratic systems and respect for the human rights in Western hemispheres gave great chances for freedomof the press and diminished the purpose of censorship in the places during the 17th, 18th and the 19th centuries. Even though freedom of the press is not taken seriously in the democratic world, the media under authoritarian regimes is still today trying to wrestle with the policies imposed on it. Until today, countries are still fighting for their rights of freedom particularly on expression. Although rights and freedoms have progressed over the past decades, most countries all over the world still make use of censorship techniques and motives that were being used in the past. There are three primary reasons why censorship was used in by rulers to consolidate their power and justify what they did: (1) In order to retain their political power (2) so that they could upholdtheir theological dogma, and (3) so that they could maintain their community standards. However, retention of political power or censorship is what is mostly practiced by governments so that they can prevent criticisms of their rule and to silence the dissent voices. Background of Censorship in Singapore
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