tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387284174922871714.post5620171430723396534..comments2024-01-27T00:32:05.370+00:00Comments on Paul Canning: Let amazonfail be a warningpaulocanninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387284174922871714.post-35465850369911951012009-04-14T09:29:00.000+01:002009-04-14T09:29:00.000+01:00Looking at some comments on the story you linked t...Looking at some comments on the story you linked to they again raise the issue of past mistagging and the struggles of authors to get them changed.<br><br>Also, there's the issue of the initial customer services response.<br><br>But there's the bigger issue of our lack of control over the gatekeepers to knowledge. <br><br>I don't think we should just trust the new corporations to 'not be evil' - there should be some democratically decided way of controlling their behaviour as gatekeepers.Paul Canninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387284174922871714.post-4819929663001878122009-04-14T08:41:00.000+01:002009-04-14T08:41:00.000+01:00Talking of #amazonfail, I was tempted to blog on i...Talking of #amazonfail, I was tempted to blog on it too, but decided to hang on a few days. It would appear to have been a <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/amazon/archives/166329.asp" rel="nofollow">mistake</a> rather than policy, owing to someone on amazon.fr getting confused between 'sexuality' 'erotica' (which are intended to be visible) and 'adult' (porn) which is supposed to be less visible (hence the 'family friendly' tag.<br><br>Given that it's been publicly tagged as a gay thing, it would maybe be appropriate to suggest that this was a bit of a cock-up.<br><br>But as more information emerges, it looks increasingly less like sexuality censorship (although porn censorship, yes)...JackPhttp://www.thepickards.co.uknoreply@blogger.com