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Tone deaf? Why you can still hit the right notes
Melody and mayhem: Music, the law, and incitement to violence
The complex intersection of sound and the law – from musical provocation to genocide, to sonic crowd control, to the very deliberate design of courtroom acoustics
Published 15 January 2016
Episode 359
It’s a relatively unexplored area – the complex intersection where sound and the law meet.
In this episode of Up Close, legal scholar Dr James Parker discusses this complex intersection, and looks at how sound clashes with the law – as in the case of Simon Bikindi, accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of inciting genocide with his songs – and how it can be used to control and influence, such as in crowd control and torture.
Dr Parker says: “We’re not so outraged about the use of Britney Spears in music torture as we might be because we think it’s kind of funny and actually it’s awful. Imagine being exposed to any pop song or any music for literally hours and days on end.”
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