FIY NP

[David Morris]

Oh, Henry,

You're not going to try to intrude on Milly's POV with a little technicality 
like "authorship" are you?

DM

>From: "HMus"
>
>Amazon's denial is more moral than technical: they host the reader reviews,
>making them available, just like a store or library does. Were they to send
>them out in email &/or newsletters, they would be publishing it; it is the
>writer of the review who in this case publishes it. If they wrote such a
>review themselves, then they would be the publishers.
>
>Would you ask them to censor the one ignorant review out of seven customer
>reviews displayed on what is in effect a public bulletin board? Should the
>P-List be held accountable for the unpleasantness and general, stubborn
>disagreeability of one of the people who post on it? <g>
>
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>
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>
>Keep cool, but care.
>
>AsB4,
>
>HMus Scuff
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 8:54 PM
>Subject: Re: FIY NP
>
>
> > As much as I hate to prolong this thread, another reality check may be 
>in
> > order. Despite  Amazon.com's disclaimers and denial (technically 
>accurate,
> > I suppose) that Amazon.com has "written" a favorable review of The
> > Protocols of Zion, Amazon.com does *publish* the following rave review 
>of
> > this piece of anti-Semitic trash. It's one of the seven customers 
>reviews
> > that Amazon.com publishes on the page that sells this book, at (watch 
>the
> > URL wrap)
> >
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/book-customer-reviews/0685175073/o/qid=
>9574
> > 86721/sr=2-1/002-5798353-0189051
> >
> >
> > "25 of 187 people found the following review helpful:
> > Excellent Explanation of World Finance History
> > August 14, 1999
> > Reviewer: A reader from Bellaire, Texas
> > This book provides startling insight into the origins and operation of 
>our
> > current political and financial systems. A concise hard hitting 
>treatise.
>"
> >
> > P.S.  Since when does boycott = censorship?  Boycott is when people 
>choose
> > not to buy something. Censorship is when somebody forces somebody else 
>not
> > to publish something. This book is in print and freely available, which
> > means it has not been censored.
> >
> > d  o  u  g    m  i  l  l  i  s  o  n  <http://www.online-journalist.com>
> >

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