Amazon is selling a book for pedophiles

[Leslie Anne]

Ha! They took it down.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Jen

If CreateSpace (the Ama/zon affiliate) works like Lulu, then Ama/zon only gets money when a copy of the book is actually purchased. It can sit for sale on their site for 100 years - they won't get a dime unless someone actually buys it. (They get a percentage of the royalty the author sets for themselves, ie a book with a $5 royalty might net Ama/zon a dollar; four goes to the author.)

And now, thanks to the kerfuffle being made, people are buying it and Ama/zon will now make money.

(Law related question ... how protected are purchasers from law enforcement getting a list of who bought the book?)

They'd need some sort of probable cause. Companies generally don't like giving that information out. /based on much L&O

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Ha! They took it down.

And, as predicted, I have lost respect for them.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

They'd need some sort of probable cause. Companies generally don't like giving that information out. /based on much L&O

Two werdz...Patriot Act.


They don't need PC for something like this. If the FBI wanted a list of everyone who downloaded/bought this book they'd have it by tomorrow morning. The tracking of sales of certain products( bomb/meth making, child porn) is common in today's world. It's also easier for law enforcement to get a list of everyone who visited greekchat within the last 24 hours as opposed to getting a list of every site Drolefille visited in the last 24 hours.