[Ads-l] smutshooting (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mark Mandel]

Judging by "smut" in the name and the use of the word "offensive", I rather
expect that it refers to presenting bawdy or vulgar material in vaudeville
acts.

MAM


On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 4:51 PM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC
(USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

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> _Billboard_ 9/27/1924 p 50 col 2
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> "The subject of protecting material in vaudeville from the forays of
> "appropriationists" is to the front in England again . . . [details about
> UK copyright laws, as applied to infringing vaudeville performances] . . .
> What matters most in vaudeville in America right now is that smutshooting
> is again on the increase.  It is out of all bounds and growing more
> offensive every week."
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> I've never run across the word "smutshooting" before, and don't find it in
> print anywhere else.  From context, it seems to mean one performer copying
> the performance of another.  Is anyone else familiar with it?
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