Banned from discogs, again...

[Andrew McIntosh]

... whining about other people's whining doesn't seem to be helping.

No, but you can't blame people for venting a bit of spleen.

[Duncan]

This is true. Guess I'm just interested to see what, if any, of that turns into practical forward movement.

[Bloated Slutbag]

Just so everyone understands the priorities at stake, the last readily obtainable comment from discogs proper dates back at least 9 months, referencing comments some months earlier via someone with (the typically non-binding handle of) "joshm1979". (google it/him/her) The individual in question appears to be a techie with no interest in / knowledge of the broader legal repercussions - but I would wager is an accurate representation of discogs proper. You say amateur hour I say the world in general. None of these people has a clue but a five minute legal "consultation" (possibly over a couple of buds) would probably make an instant convert out of even the most retarded joshm1979.

[Yrjö-Koskinen]

I read some older threads on the topic on the Discogs marketplace forum, and found claims that after each shooting spree in the US they ban some more or less random albums with controversial content. That is, provided it doesn't sell too well (https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist_id=175037&ev=ab), or is popular among the wrong groups.

Considering certain aspects of the latest tomfoolery in the US, one would have thought they might have had a look at, say, the dancehall scene.
https://www.discogs.com/Mega-Banton-Shot-Batty-Boy-/release/5692789
https://www.discogs.com/TOK-Chi-Chi-Man/master/239944
https://www.discogs.com/Red-Dragon-Batty-Boy-Fi-Die/release/3342405

To "contextualize": http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/06/jamaica-music-anti-gay-dancehall-homophobia
"When all the factors were taken into account simultaneously, the two that were most reliable were a preference for dancehall music, and gender."

Obviously, I won't go on their forums and try to compensate for censorship of things I like by trying to promote censorship of things I don't like (or actually, I also like). It's still pretty goddamn retarded to block random maybe-racist industrial records in response to a virtual gaynocide, when there's plenty other music that would lie closer at hand for a bit of Indizierung .

[F_c_O]

Thanks to the thick patois, its almost impossible to decipher what the hell they are singin about. Probably helps in averting controversy, unlike having flyers with ski mask toting man super imposed onto 'SAY NO TO DEMOCRACY' text.

[Yrjö-Koskinen]

Thanks to the thick patois, its almost impossible to decipher what the hell they are singin about. Probably helps in averting controversy, unlike having flyers with ski mask toting man super imposed onto 'SAY NO TO DEMOCRACY' text.

Obviously, it's virtually unintelligible. However, this is not some obscure or unknown detail from the outskirts of the  underground; the whole controversy has been ongoing for years. A random sample of articles discussing the subject:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/jamaican-dancehall-star-sizzla-banned-from-music-festival-fo?utm_term=.js6G6E7vj#.pxNZEXPb8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batty_boy
https://www.queerty.com/dancehall-homophobe-beenie-man-calls-gays-child-molesters-in-advocate-apology-20120801

I love these guys. And so does Discogs. ;D

[Dom America]

They have already banned certain dancehall records for their content, such as Buju Banton "Boom Bye Bye". It might seem like noise, metal and skinhead releases are the only thing getting banned but more likely they are simply the ones being noticed by ourselves and our surrounding peers because little to none of our peers are selling/buying dancehall reggae 12"s.