Amazon Won't Host Wikileaks... But Will Sell The Leaked Cables For Your Kindle?
from the choices dept
This is making the rounds on Twitter, but cc was the first to submit it here. When Amazon kicked Wikileaks off of their S3 hosting service, we noted how it had (just weeks earlier) tried to defend a pro-pedophilia book by stating:"Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable."While Amazon did cave and pull that book eventually, some suggested that perhaps this just meant that Amazon would be fine with Wikileaks if it was being sold in book form. And, apparently, someone is testing that theory, and so far it's working. You can apparently buy the Wikileaks leaked State Department cables on Amazon for your kindle, if you're so inclined. Of course, since they're available (at an ever increasing number of mirror sites) for free, there's no reason to -- but as a way of showing Amazon's hypocrisy, well, that's just priceless.
Update: Amazon's "explanation" is that the book also contains commentary. Um. What? So if the Wikileaks website also contained commentary (which I believe it does), it would be okay?
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I don't think Amazon even checks what kinds of ebooks it's actually selling! At least, not until someone complains. Then their bureaucracy will start to slowly get the book removed, possibly hoping that a few more customers will still buy the book before it's gone.
Well, that pedophile book was sold quite a lot after all the negative publicity, so dropping that book immediately would probably hurt their profits even more...
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I'm on a horse.
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No It Does Not
As stated in the title of this book - "DOES NOT CONTAIN TEXT OF CABLES"
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/09/wikileaks-against-amazons-tos-but-for-sale-in-the-kindle- store/
It's weird how the title still says "ALL CABLES WITH TAGS" but now the note "DOES NOT CONTAIN TEXT" has been added. And the book is gone now anyway (though it still comes up in search results)
Anyone know what's goin on?
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Now GONE
the link is now to a 404 document not found.
What happened to their explanation?
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the link is now to a 404 document not found.
What happened to their explanation?"
Suppression and censorship, let alone kowtowing to Big Brother, always happen with all due haste and zero accountability.
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So it's 'fair use'?
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It doesn't contain the cables
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Actually, I think I will do this tonite and donate all the proceeds to wikileaks. Wouldn't that be a kick in the ass, wikileaks goes from being charged for hosting to getting paid by Amazon ...
whats the word for that ...
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The official or Unofficial ...
WikiLeaks Bible, Weekly WikiLeaks, Encyclopedia WikiLeaks, ????
Does Amazon, Apple, Barne and Noble, do subscription e-magazines? Because the "Weekly WikiLeaks" actually sounds pretty good.
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How about just "Truth"....
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(cover)
Truth
With Weekly Updates From
- WikiLeaks
- etc
- etc
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"Bella receives a series of strange messages from Edward. What can they mean?"
It would get a million purchases with zero risk of the information falling into intelligent hands. Win-win.
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Bwahahahah! You're trolling, right? Please tell me that the people on this site aren't so uneducated so as not to know the twisted history of the document that term (Elders of Zion) comes from, and how false the conclusions those pushing antisemite views are about it....
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Oh come on, someone had to say it...
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WOW
WOW just how many times have I read little mikee talking about how piracy doesn't affect the music industry... And god I have no clue how many times he has sat there and stated that just because something was available for free it doesn't prevent people from paying for it...
WOW little mikee's true colors are shining on this entire wikileaks thing.... Real credibility here little mikee...
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Yes, we know.
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Correct. You completely summed up everything there's to know about you.
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Rational decision, if you only think part way through.
It does however, need to be be remembered that wikileaks WAS A CUSTOMER who should have been protected from...
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1. People should release many thousands of e-books that contain the cables, but certain sections are redacted. Find out what the cut-off point is from e-book sellers/tie up their analytical department until they give up in exasperation.
2. Release books with the title "Censor this book" or "Don't censor this book" that contain the cables as 1% of the content of the book. Amazon/borders/etc will go down in history as participatory in the act of actual censorship.(amongst the above examples given.)
3. Probably the most effective: Cancel your amazon/visa/mastercard accounts, and tell them you cancelled these accounts because of the censorship. Nothing speaks faster to a company than permanent loss of revenue.
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cable ties
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