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Dateline: 11th December, 2005
Equity has written to all members asking them to protest in the strongest terms at the actions of two major retailers, Woothworths and Sainsbury's. Both companies have withdrawn from sale CDs of the cast recording of Jerry Springer the Opera because, they say, of complaints from members of the public. Sainsbury's said they had received twenty complaints but all Woolworths would say was that the number had been "substantial." "Equity is opposed to the action which Woolworths and Sainsbury's have taken on two grounds," said general sectretary Christine Payne." Firstly, Equity strongly supports artistic freedom and equally strongly opposes censorship in all its forms, however offended any individual may feel themselves to be by a particular piece of dramatic art. "Secondly, Equity members derive income from the sales of recorded material, including DVDs, and so stand to lose income from actions such as these. "Equity is inviting all of its members to make their views known to Sainsbury’s and Woolworths about these acts of censorship." In reply a spokesman for Sainsbury's said that they had received "numerous complaints" and the DVD was not selling well. "We removed the DVD early because we would never wish to cause any offence to our customers," he went on, "but based on commercial reasons the DVD would have been withdrawn soon thereafter." A Woolworths spokesman told the BBC, "Our decisions to sell products are based on customer demand." Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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