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No Project Gutenberg for iPhone

Everytime I start to think I’m missing out by not having an iPhone, something like this comes up.

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“Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and “clean” versions be made for them to carry. Bands (including Nirvana) tripped over themselves editing out words, changing album art, etc to meet Wal-Mart’s standards of decency - because Wal-Mart sells a lot of records. NIN refused, and you’ll notice a pretty empty NIN section at any Wal-Mart. My reasoning was this: I can understand if you want the moral posturing of not having any “indecent” material for sale - but you could literally turn around 180 degrees from where the NIN record would be and purchase the film “Scarface” completely uncensored, or buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto where you can be rewarded for beating up prostitutes. How does that make sense?”

Trent Reznor (via theoriginaljoefisher) (via tanya77)

After that lilttle moral panic, I stopped buying any music or movies at walmart - I assumed that they did the same thing to movies. bizarre indeed.

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fleetfootedfox 5 May Tags nine inch nails censorship 25 Notes

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fleetfootedfox 29 Apr Tags censorship 49 Notes

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Pretty sure I disagree with this. “mature” (worst descriptor evar) blogs on wordpress.com disappear - their tags don’t work (they link to tag pages devoid of the content that sent you there). Wordpress.com, in addition to being a blog host, has a substantial backend search/recommendation engine, from which all sex-related blogs are excluded, even to those who attempt to follow “mature” tags and blogs. All this because automattic won’t collect COPPA information or provide content warnings. AFAIK, content warnings are legally required in the US, and google is doing the right thing by making them available. It would be nice if google could do a better job of remembering users who’ve already confirmed their age and intent to view adult blogs, though. (via sarahchristine)

fleetfootedfox 23 Apr Tags sex censorship blogging

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“we need an Internet Bill of Rights to protect our data and the countless hours we pour into complex online services, such as Facebook and Last.fm”

Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL — Matt Mullenweg

Something I have been thinking for a long time. There are no sidewalks on the internet - no public places for discussion. Censorship on the internet is real, and it is in the hands of corporations.

fleetfootedfox 20 Apr Tags blogging censorship

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“it’s that Amazon’s system has assumptions such as: sexual orientation is part of “adult”. And “gay” is part of “adult.” In other words, #AmazonFail is about the subconscious assumptions of people built into algorithms and classification that contain discriminatory ideas.”

TC: Why Amazon Didn’t Just Have a Glitch

first TC thing I’ve liked in a long time. especially wherein they reference Craig’s experience.

fleetfootedfox 15 Apr Tags GLBT censorship 3 Notes

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Photo: Sexerati - The inevitable #amazonfail infographic

Sexerati - The inevitable #amazonfail infographic

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fleetfootedfox 14 Apr Tags infographics censorship 1 Notes

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“Honestly, I feel like it’s because my book is about my time working as a stripper, and no one really cares about someone trying to “code” a stripper book out of existence. But I have strong feeling that it’s about a bigger issue. I knew that if Amazon could decide they didn’t like the content of one gay book, they could soon do it to others. But I felt like my hands were tied.”

CRAIG’S POP LIFE: My AmazonFail Timeline

fleetfootedfox 11 months ago Tags GLBT censorship strippers

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“There doesn’t seem to be much logic going on here; how anyone could classify a self-help guide for LGBT students going off to school or Homophobia: A History as too “adult” for sales rankings is a bit puzzling.”

Jezebel - Why Is Amazon Removing The Sales Rankings From Gay, Lesbian Books? - Amazon rank

fleetfootedfox 13 Apr Tags censorship GLBT

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Amazon removing queer, sexuality titles from front page search

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More on Amazon’s ushering of queer & sexuality titles into a dirtier, less well-lit corner of their shelves: the LA Times blog asks why American Psycho remains indexed as any other…