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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler. Photo by AP Canada's broadcast standards council has ruled that Dire Straits' hit Money for Nothing should be censored because of a homosexual slur in its lyrics.

This article was published more than 14 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Canada's broadcast standards council has reached back to 's Top 40 to ban an anti-gay epithet in an old Dire Straits hit from the radio. The song Money for Nothing was a smash when an animated music video seemed new and cool.

The decision comes as controversy is still swirling over a Montgomery, Ala. The song, co-written by Sting, was a massive hit when it was released, winning a Grammy and spawning a massively popular music video that featured crude computer animation and became interwoven with the popularity of the then-fledgling music network MTV. Peel Regional Police are set to reveal the results of a major investigation into an organized crime group connected to a series of violent home invasions involving the theft of luxury vehicles and high-end Rogers Communications Inc.

This article was published more than 14 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. The Dire Straits song Money For Nothing , a staple of classic-rock radio and music-video oldies shows, has been ruled as too offensive for the airways, two and a half decades after its original release. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has found that the word "faggot" in the lyrics breaches the council's code of ethics.