Reviews reporting thread

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If someone ever wants to censor one of my reviews I hope they´ll contact me in good time before anything is done. I think it´s disrespectful to a reviewer who maybe spends hours writing a review, to have someone edit it without their consent. Personally I would be furious. When did it become the norm that artists can dictate what a reviewer should write about their music??? The word plagarize is a strong word, and the artist may find it offensive that someone thinks their music sounds a lot like a more known artists (in this case the mighty Floyd), but come on...it´s not a crime and I think the artist is a little thin skinned here. I´ll go lenghts for freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and I take offense to the fact that someone would even consider making edits to an otherwise valid and well written review.


Edited by UMUR - April 10 2021 at 03:31

UMUR wrote: If someone ever wants to censor one of my reviews I hope they´ll contact me in good time before anything is done. I think it´s disrespectful to a reviewer who maybe spends hours writing a review, to have someone edit it without their consent. Personally I would be furious. When did it become the norm that artists can dictate what a reviewer should write about their music??? The word plagarize is a strong word, and the artist may find it offensive that someone thinks their music sounds a lot like a more known artists (in this case the mighty Floyd), but come on...it´s not a crime and I think the artist is a little thin skinned here. I´ll go lenghts for freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and I take offense to the fact that someone would even consider making edits to an otherwise valid and well written review.

Free speech has it's limits, especially when it encroaches on areas of defamation.

BTW, I like Magus/The Winter Tree. Cool stuff!

Edited by Shadowyzard - April 10 2021 at 04:38

Many members, both visable and invisible, agreed with your concern. How about we let it drop now that the review in question has been altered to your satisfaction.

But that's another story.

Edited by SteveG - April 10 2021 at 05:50

If some negitive PA reviews are coddling then I'd hate to see what an all out assault looks like.

Regarding the review I edited to replace the word plagiarism, while trying to keep the spirit of what I feel was intended, that user left this site six years ago so waiting for a response would seem unsatisfactory if not an outright exercise in futility. Had the user been active then I would have tried to contact the person before taking action. As has been said, freedom of speech has its limits, and we should be careful when it comes to libelous language.   As it says in the reviews guidelines, "Show respect for other reviewers, readers, the artists, and the CD and song titles" but this transcends simple respect in a sense. Plagiarism is a kind of fraud, and the burden of proof would fall on the one making such allegations. I treat actual plagiarism seriously as well as claims of plagiarism. A review can be deleted if "The review is insulting or derogatory towards the artist". Instead of deleting it altogether, I chose to edit out the claim and substitute other words. Under the terms of use of this site, I read it that reviews can both be modified and deleted, but of course one should be careful when it comes to editing such things, and it's not an action that I would wish to take too lightly.

If further clarification is required, then I suggest trying to contact M@x and/ or any of the other admin via PM and we can get back to reporting reviews in this topic. Thank you for your consideration.

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