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September 30, 2014

This One’s For You

JanetLetters of Opinionbloggers / chilling effects / community / Free Speech52 Comments

More than two years ago, I wrote a post in which I called out the Romance community for the shaming, silencing, and doxxing of readers who were critical of authors, as well as the seeming unwillingness of the larger community to come together in solidarity. I ended that post (which, ... more >

January 14, 2014

Is There An Ideal Online Community? (Part One)

JanetLetters of Opinioncensorship / Free Speech / Goodreads / moderation / online community20 Comments

Way back in September, I wrote a post on free speech and included a question about what everyone’s ideal online book community looked like. There were a number of interesting responses to the question, including, Liz: On the one hand, I believe strongly that we all have a responsibility to ... more >

September 10, 2013

Let’s Talk About Free Speech and the Internet (again)

JanetLetters of Opinionbook reviewing / community ethics / First-Amendment / Free Speech29 Comments

[T]he fact that society may find speech offensive is not a sufficient reason for suppressing it. Indeed, if it is the speaker’s opinion that gives offense, that consequence is a reason for according it constitutional protection. [p56] For it is a central tenet of the First Amendment that the government ... more >

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April 1, 2013

Attention: New Commenting Policy for Dear Author

JaneMiscAbout-Us / Free Speech196 Comments

Updated: the new commenting policy is explicitly stated above the comment box and an elaboration can be found here.  The comments to this post are closed. If you have concerns or isssues with the commenting policy, please address them on the new Commeting Policy page this way the concerns and ... more >

October 11, 2012

Thursday News: Bent Objects; Apple destroys secrecy; Questionable free speech issue

JaneUncategorizedAgency pricing / Amazon / ereader device / Free Speech12 Comments

Yesterday around 3-4 pm CST, Amazon engaged in some weird pricing shenanigans with several books (who knows how many) getting a 31% off treatment. Initially some on the Amazon boards thought it signaled the end of agency for Simon & Schuster but after investigating, I noticed that several Macmillan books ... more >

September 25, 2012

Free Riding, Free Expression, and Familiarity in Genre Fiction

JanetLetters of Opinioncompetition / Free Speech / Intellectual Property Issues18 Comments

My first post in this series on free speech issues focused on the line between fully protected critical speech and less protected commercial speech, specifically in regard to paid-for positive and sockpuppeted reviews. This post is on the economic concept of free riding and its substantial but often silent impact ... more >

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