 Amazon Agrees To Pay $150,000 for Deleting E-Books
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 02.10.2009 23:04  37 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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NewsFactor - Nearly two months after being sued for removing electronic books from Kindle owners' devices without their knowledge, Amazon has agreed to a settlement. The Internet retailer will pony up $150,000 to settle the class-action suit. Czytaj więcej »
| Taiwan Looks Back At Nationalist Defeat In 1949
02.10.2009 11:26 24 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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New Books In Taiwan Broach Once Taboo Subject: Communist Victory Over Nationalists In 1949 Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) On a chilly late autumn day in 1949, Chi Shih-ying jumped on one of the last flights to Taiwan, joining other senior members of the Nationalist Party in a humiliating retreat from mainland China. In all, 1.2 million people fled to the island 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Chinese coast as the Nationalists fell to the communists in China's civil war....
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| ‘Gossip Girl’ among top 10 books eyed for ban
01.10.2009 21:10 27 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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 At a Banned Books Week event, the "Gossip Girl" series and "The Kite Runner" joined the ranks of "The Grapes of Wrath," "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "Slaughterhouse Five" — books that have been singled out and challenged as inappropriate over the years.
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| Marking Banned Books Week, Vermont authors give live readings from notables
01.10.2009 20:57 20 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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NORWICH, Vt. (AP) — "The Grapes of Wrath" was labeled vulgar and pornographic, a dangerous depiction of class hatred. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was removed from school classrooms and library shelves after its 1969 publication, deemed inappropriate for its depiction of author 's rape as an 8-year-old girl. Then there's "Slaughterhouse Five," whose obscenities, violence and unpatriotic portrayal of drew fire from worried parents and librarians. Once silenced, the books were among more than a dozen given live readings Wednesday as part of a series of events marking Banned Books...
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| Authors, banned books part of 1st Amendment salute
01.10.2009 19:55 25 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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JOHN CURRAN The Associated Press NORWICH, Vt. - "The Grapes of Wrath" was labeled vulgar and pornographic, a dangerous depiction of class hatred. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was removed from school classrooms and library shelves after its 1969 publication, deemed inappropriate for its depiction of author Maya Angelou's rape as an 8-year-old girl. Then there's "Slaughterhouse Five," whose obscenities, violence and unpatriotic portrayal of World War II drew fire from worried parents and librarians. Once silenced, the books were among more than a dozen given live readings Wednesday as part of a series of events marking Banned Books Week, an annual celebration by the American Library...
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