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Originally Posted by shalym
At least in the US, they don't need to fear any legal action for selling used paper books, as the author/publisher does not have any say in what happens after the first sale of the book. As to the fear of "woke backlash", I'm not sure they're afraid of that, either. I have no idea why ebay stopped selling the used copies.
Shari
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https://www.cbr.com/dr-seuss-banned-...delisted-ebay/
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One seller who had sold a copy of one of the discontinued books received an e-mail from eBay pointing out that the site would not allow the book to be sold because of its "offensive materials policy," explaining that “Dr. Seuss Enterprises has stopped publication of this book due to its negative portrayal of some ethnicities.
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I suppose ebay fears the wrath of the frothing "intellectuals" of the twittersphere and their easily outraged ilk. To characterize this as anything other than some form of censorship is disingenuous or an exercise in delusion. Whether one considers the censorship desirable or undesirable is a separate matter, but assuredly, it is censorship.