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Yep, the publisher can set up their own little shop and sell through on a website. The right to free speech is not the right to rent someone else’s megaphone.
by intopieces 8y ago
Yep, the publisher can set up their own little shop and sell through on a website. The right to free speech is not the right to rent someone else’s megaphone.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoHmm, up to a point, but Amazon own the biggest marketplace; Facebook own the biggest forum; etc.. They have unique positions, with far greater powers than single governments. I don't think arguments such as yours work for supranational organisations. It's like saying people have the right to protest, but then saying they're not allowed to use a vehicle to get to a protest, in theory you're not interfering but in practice you prevent exercise of their rights.
- intopieces 8y agoIn the U.S., false statements of fact are not protected under the First Amendment. [0] [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_statements_of_fact https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_statements_of_fact So, even if you consider Amazon liable for the protection of free speech (I don’t), this doesn’t really qualify.