Thread: Amazon Censorship Expands
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Old 12-30-2010, 05:46 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post

Re: fiduciary duty - it's reasonable for Amazon to conclude that they would lose more business carrying certain books than they would gain by carrying the books. In any event, the business judgment rule gives companies a lot of leeway, so your proposed derivative suit will fail.
You're right, it would fail. But think about this. The big 3 TV companies, CBS, ABC, NBC, are losing money to non censored cable companies like HBO because of shows like the Sopranos and Dexter. As a business trying to make money, does censorship make you money?
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