ENTITY · CONCEPT / TERM

Unresolved matter exclusion policy

Well supported

The archive does not build a record around an allegation that has not been resolved. An open matter is, by definition, a claim that has not been tested, and a music archive is not the place to give it the permanence of an entry. Where a legal matter is genuinely part of a documented career it is recorded with its date and its disposition, in proportion to the music around it, and where it is not, it stays out.

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At a glance

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Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Well supported

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Connections

In stories

Story · Well supportedLaw, censorship and the dancehall public record

Noise laws, broadcast bans and courtrooms have shaped Jamaican music as surely as studios did — and they left the paper trail the studios never kept.

Debate & reception

What people argued about this record — two documented positions each time, kept apart from verified fact. Browse every argument in the archive →

Commentary

Rumours are not seed data

One side

Rumour circulation

The other

Public record

Unattributed allegations, social-media claims and active unresolved matters should remain out of seed files unless a vetted court/regulator/major-press source supports a narrow public-record entry.

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