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Jack Thompson vs Amazon?
Zorglub writes "Feeling his book page at Amazon has been harassed by bad reviews, nasty tags, and a user-submitted vomit pic, anti-game lawyer Jack Thompson threatens to sue Amazon if the offending material isn't removed."
The list is amusing, heres the few on the page:
First tag: lies (6mullet on Nov 17, 2005)
Last tag: Propaganda
Lies (7),Propaganda (5),Childish Name Calling (4),Unfounded assertions (4),Slander (4),Unscientific (4),Defamation (3),Self-promoting with fake reviews (3),Biased (3),lies (3),Racist (2),Scaremonger (2),toilet-paper (2),Money grabbing lawyer (2),Ambulance Chaser (2)
The amazon page listing them is here.
liqbase
Word is Amazon has just patented a mechanism for being sued by insane book authors.
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There's going to be a vomit posting teenager, running from a lawyer very soon.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
Perhaps someone else has a sense of humor, but there were these three links to "Listmania!" below this book... all three were to how-to books for gay men. One was about handballing...
-- Who is the bigger fool? The fool or the fool who follows him? --
just wait until the slashdot crowd gets finished writing their reviews.
Meh.
If you look at the book for sale on Amazon, they'll tell you what other books people are buying if they've bought Jack's book.
Here's a sample:
How to Use DRM to Improve Your Profits
by Sony BMG
In The Line of Fire:
A Case for War
by Scooter Libby
Censorship for Dummies
by the Parents Television Council of America
[yes these are all made up titles]
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
Others have said he's not sincere and so many other [nasty] things. Some outside America have called him a chimp! Will he sue them?
But he's not sincere, and he is a chimp. These are facts that can be proven in a court of law. That's exactly why he won't try to sue them.
Be a real patriot: Question authority. Think for yourself. Formulate your own conclusions.
I expected the mesasgeboards there to be filled with "I disagree with what Jerk says, but I respect his right to say it in a fair way"
Just out of curiosity, what the hell kind of a psychotic utopian community do you live in!? Why in God's name would you ever expect that kind of reaction from ANYONE, much less an internet message board?
UNIX: A computer user is defined as a programmer. WINDOWS: A computer user is defined as a consumer.
If you look under the pic of the cover, there are two extra "customer images" attached.
NOTE: I'm not sure how the first pic slipped by Amazon,
but don't click it if you're squeamish
From W. Jones "bookreviewer" (Clemson, SC USA)
This was my immediate reaction after reading Thompson's Book.
From Neil J. Miotto "Sponge-lueshi" (Menlo Park, CA, USA)
More images of JT.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
/shame
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Someone should write a book about how lawyers are a bad influence on our children.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Amazon.com Legal Dept.
Amazon.com HQ
November 20, 2005
Jack Thompson
Dear Sir:
Per your request we have instructed our client to remove all of the materials you reqested. Please accept our sincerest apologies. To ensure that such an unfortunate incident does not occur, we have also instructed them to remove this book from their catalog. Furthermore, we are recommending they remove all works authored, co-authored, edited, forwarded, or otherwise contributed to by you.
Again, we regret these unfortunate events and we trust that you will see that we are serious about making sure that nobody ever makes another negative comment about any of your works on Amazon.com in the future.
Sincerely,
The Amazon.com Legal Team
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
"If you like murdering little puppies than you will love this book! Ax murderers and serial killers alike will take ques from this wonderfully deragned book. Enjoy the life and times of this anti-bill-of-rights author that showers his reader with psycopathic rhetoric. A must read if you plan on being a dictator or child abuser."
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
Bart: Somebody ought to ruin Gabbo's career the way he ruined Krusty's.
Lisa: Two wrongs don't make a right, Bart.
Bart: Yes they do.
Lisa: No they don't.
Bart: Yes they do!
Lisa: No they don't!
Bart: Yes they do!!
Lisa: Daaaad!
Homer: Two wrongs make a right, Lisa.
I think you got the link wrong. I've fixed it below.
Lies, Slander , lies, Propaganda, Childish Name Calling, Unfounded assertions, Unscientific, Defamation, Biased, Self-promoting with fake reviews, Libel, Money grabbing lawyer, Racist, Terrorism, No Truth, smug
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And for those who don't know Jack Thompson: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson. Quote:
Favorite quote: "
If you believe that the product you are reviewing is unsafe, please report this information to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) http://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html or contact Amazon.com directly at product-safety@amazon.com.
The government needs to be informed that Thompson is unsafe for children ages -3 to 962.
I guess Jock Thomsen had dinner with the same ad exec.
Hey, that would be a great game. You could have a crazed lawyer chase down everyone making fun of his ridiculous antics and serving them with a lawsuit.
Heck I pay someone $1 to make a game like that. Unlike Thompson, I would make good on my offer....
Shh, you might wake up Jon Katz.