If that’s all that was happening, Kut, I’d agree with you. Unfortunately, eBay made clear that they were (my word) “sanitizing” their site so that the books in question cannot be sold there either. Like it or not, when the copyright owner will not publish a book and one of if not THE primary source of purchasing that book used will not allow it to be sold, the end result is censorship, which is tantamount to a ban. I have not looked to see if the banned books are still available for purchase at a reasonable price on Amazon or not.
Also, while I can’t speak for others, I know I had at least one of those books, maybe two, when I was growing up and learning to read. YMMV.
Of note, I did hear it suggested somewhere to those who have copies of the Forbidden Tomes, they should scan and PDF them and make them available without charge on the net.
My evaluation of this idea is that the copyright holder has declined to continue selling them, so their future profits are essentially zero, and the person copying them has done so without remuneration. I don’t know if that would be a shield against prosecution or not.
Blessings,
Bill
ETA: I even heard that if you had bought the books on kindle, they were removed from your account...so this is pretty significant, IMHO.
