Wow, combining hamfisted and ignorant nanny state logic, book burning, seizure of property, a 1984 cutoff date, scaremongering, and bad science. Sounds like you found a winner!
Oh well, the kids can always buy a DRM-soaked non-transferable e-book version of The Lorax.
I asked a friend of mine in academia (a children's book expert in library science actually) and she said that childrens books are except at this point. Many children's lit orgs, associations, and institutions are lobbying the government to make the excemption permanent since the ban would be devastating to older book collections.
Wow, combining hamfisted and ignorant nanny state logic, book burning, seizure of property, a 1984 cutoff date, scaremongering, and bad science. Sounds like you found a winner!
ReplyDeleteOh well, the kids can always buy a DRM-soaked non-transferable e-book version of The Lorax.
Hey, I just got the skinny from the Lord of Green Dragons...normally I'm not scouring the internet for book burning info.
ReplyDeleteI just think this is totally f'd up.
The article is a year old--are we sure books haven't received an exemption since then?
ReplyDelete@ Jay: that's actually what I'm hoping...does ANYone have more recent info?
ReplyDeleteI asked a friend of mine in academia (a children's book expert in library science actually) and she said that childrens books are except at this point. Many children's lit orgs, associations, and institutions are lobbying the government to make the excemption permanent since the ban would be devastating to older book collections.
ReplyDeleteMan, there are a lot of typos in that comment, but you get the drift! ;)
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