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Well, guess I'll wait to see how this turns out before buying the book, I wouldn't want to hand one more penny than necessary to these .gov ghouls. If the gove
by AndrewBissell 7y ago
Well, guess I'll wait to see how this turns out before buying the book, I wouldn't want to hand one more penny than necessary to these .gov ghouls.
If the government prevails in the lawsuit hopefully Snowden will offer an e-book for purchase with cryptocurrency.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe information hurts more than the money helps.
- AndrewBissell 7y agoFor sure, but as the meme says, why not both?
- dredmorbius 7y agoProportion. The money is de minmus. There's the principle, but the vastly greater principle is learning and sharing Snowden's message. I'm hoping there's a content liberation clause in Snowden's contract with Macmillan to make the book freely available. Given the efficiency of current samizdat distribution sites, that would largely be a formality. It would be welcome all the same. The effective prohibition on compensated publishing (both Snowden and Macmillan would apparently be enjoined, though again, the case for Macmillan to cover its editing, printing, and distribution expenses might have legs) used to be effective at blocking the spread of information. That need no longer be the case. If the NSA's excercise of its contract terms serves to both publicise and liberate the content, their own emasculation mechanism is emasculated.