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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I'm against book/eBook (and newspaper) suppression and self-censorship regardless of whether it is corporate or governmental, left or right. I guess we could discuss political motives over at the political forum, but in terms of a web board promoting Mobile Reading, I don't think motive is the big issue. The issue is, for me, freedom to read.
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It sounds to me like you are arguing that your supposed "freedom to read" should trump other people's freedom of speech.
Just because they engaged in a particular type of speech once, doesn't mean they should be compelled to do so forever more just because you say so. If they no longer wish to reprint books to which they hold the copyright, bad luck, it's out of print. Many books go out of print. Find a secondhand copy, or wait till it's public domain, like you have to with all the other gazillions of out-of-print books. You've had eighty-four years to get yourself your own copy of Mulberry Street.
They get to stop engaging in this particular speech. You get to try to convince them otherwise. Then the chips will fall where they will.