On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > I'll hold off on speculating on *why* Amazon UK took it down (has Amazon > US > > done so as well?). But good for them that they did so. > > They probably removed it for the same reason Channel 4 News blurred > the image when they showed it - they are less idealistic than we are > and prefer a quiet life. I don't think it has anything to do with "idealism", unless you assert that an ideals are necessarily in conflict with what's practical. > For Amazon, I completely support that, they > exist to sell stuff, they have no reason to get involved in a > censorship debate. In other words, they are equally idealistic, they just have ideals which are compatible with reality. > I was a little disappointed (although not > surprised) that Channel 4 News didn't stand up for themselves and show > the image (after consulting with their own legal team) so viewers > could make up their own minds about whether or not it should be on > Wikipedia - censorship is as big an issue for the press as it is for > us. How do you know that they didn't consult with their legal team and their legal team told them not to do it? Not everyone has Mike Godwin for their legal advisor, you know. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
