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Did Amazon ever make a public statement about pulling that pedophile guide that caused such a furor? |
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Yes, I think that was what mr ploppy was getting at. The whole "slippery slope" thing.
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Two of those are "holy books." Should they be exempt from removal because some people consider them religiously important? |
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Of course, Amazon is not legally required to be reasonable; they're free to delete books on the grounds of "this one has a character with my mother in law's name, and I hate her, so I'm blocking it." And I hope that people realize the current lack of information makes them exactly that capricious--they're using criteria they won't explain, and seem to be biased toward someone's personal tastes or whims. |
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If the bible doesn't make people do evil, then neither would this other book, so why ban it? If the bible *does* make people do evil, and you still allow it to be sold, what besides rank prejudice makes it okay to ban this other book? |
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We're talking about a private business choosing what it will and won't sell. It's not book banning, it's not censorship. They are not a public utility, they are not public infrastructure. If you think it's bad company policy, then boycott. As the non-kindle users are quick to point out, there are several other ebookstores that carry all the same stuff. There are plenty of places to get incest erotica, or hard core porn, or terrorist manuals, or whatever you like. The aspect of this that I personally find objectionable is the idea that Amazon has promised to keep stuff you buy archived, and they seem to be breaking that promise. I don't like that. ApK |
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But it sounds as if their agreement with Amazon cedes a lot of power to Amazon, and they knowingly entered into the agreement. |
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Any statement that is sufficiently flexible to cover the massive varieties of work, and the minor variations therein, is going to inherently have enough ambiguity to make the resulting applications seem vague and/or inconsistent. For example, Dumas' The Lover may be viewed as a work of aesthetic, cultural and social importance; others may say its ethical implications outweigh or destroy the alleged values. I cannot imagine any workable TOS that can sort out those kind of nuances. Nor, really, would Amazon telling the author "unsuitable erotic content" really change things. Quote:
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Yes, Amazon is a store, not a public utility, and it's possible to find the material in question elsewhere and anyway stores have a right to sell what they want. But when Amazon represents such a major part of the market, decisions they make affect the availability of material to the general public, and the livelihood of authors. I am not suggesting that Amazon should be controlled by some other entity to prevent it, but I think that does matter, and commenting on it is a legitimate use of the public square. |
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