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No you Don’t go to court on the copycat book!

Posted: October 23, 2009 by datechguy in internet/free speech
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I was channel surfing this morning looking for news on the Palin endorsement OR the Komen conference story when I happened upon Fox talking about the copycat Palin book and arguing that it isn’t protected as a parody since you can’t tell them apart. The judge suggested a jury would side with Palin if she sued.

Over at Robert Stacy’s in comments I compared her to Grant. If she was foolish enough to sue she would be Grant at Cold Harbor.

First: it plays to the book banning myth.

Second: this is a paperback and her book is a hardcover so it will be different in terms of perception.

Third: do you want to be the bookstore clerk who has to deal with the angry customer on this when it is being returned? How the book is displayed will have a lot to do of it.

Fourth: The Fuss over this will only promote her own book more and get people who don’t want to talk about her book talking about it.

Fifth: It’s speech, you don’t want to be against speech.

…and finally like Glenn Reynolds, she craps much bigger than them.

Will “Going Rogue” be fruit of the Vine?

Posted: October 2, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, oddities, personal
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Unless you live under a rock you know that Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue is #1 everywhere right now.

If I order it now I will join the long queue at the end of the line to get a copy.

However there is the possibility that the book might be offered via the Amazon Vine program of which I’m a member.

It’s highly unlikely. From what I figure vine is used to generate some buzz on a less known item. The book doesn’t need buzz to sell. I also suspect that they will want the biggest splash on release and the shortest gap between reviews and release but it is possible.

But the chance is there.

As a rule the first few minutes during the Vine newsletters releases are the remote equivalent of a mob at a store going after 10 “Tickle me Elmo” dolls, primarily due to cool electronics occasionally offered. If the Palin book goes up on either the prelim newsletter or on the main one you will see computers crashing and servers dying like you never saw before.

I’d better get the books I have now read and reviewed quickly just in case.

Oh and if I’m wrong and the book IS offered through vine AND I manage to get one I promise to get it read and reviewed as soon as humanly possible.

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