2008/12/9 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/12/9 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> 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. For Amazon, I completely support that, they >> exist to sell stuff, they have no reason to get involved in a >> censorship debate. 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. > > > The guy had it on his computer in the background. I wonder if anyone > will report the URL for the Channel 4 news "play again" to the IWF.
It looked to me like they had made sure the depth of focus was such that you couldn't see it, though. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
