Monday, January 16, 2012

Genii Censorship now Rivalling the Cafe (updated)

Does Lybrary.com advertise in Genii by any chance?

Recently they culled an entire thread because people were rightfully slating L&L over the Vernon rerelease, and now a legitimate question regarding library.com's rights/ethics in selling pdf's of manuscripts without permission...


Update: Here's the proof... do you see anything censor-worthy here? I haven't read an issue of Genii in years, but I'm betting Lybrary.com is an advertiser. The cretins.


10 comments:

The Smiling Mule said...

I have just been informed that library.com has full page ads in Genii.

Why don't they just be honest about it and say "we do not allow negative comments about our advertisers."

Do Magic Makers have ads in Genii? Why was all the criticism of the Wesley James DVDs allowed to remain?

Anonymous said...

I think library.com's advertising is only part of it. Magic book publishing is a small world and I would not be surprised if Martin Breese would have ties with Kaufman and enough leverage to ask Genii's editor to remove the thread.

Sxn

Anonymous said...

Lybrary.com does NOT advertise in Genii magazine nor does it advertise on the Genii website. At least you should stick to the facts.

The Smiling Mule said...

The fact is, I was INFORMED that lybrary.com has recently taken out full page ads in Genii

If they haven't then my information is dodgy. Nothing to do with distorting the facts.

The Smiling Mule said...

I bet all of the people who comment here anonymously are the same folk who complain on the forums about me doing it...

Just musing...

The Smiling Mule said...

If Lybrary and Breese do not advertise in Genii, why in the world censor such a benign post?

Very sad.

The Smiling Mule said...

Lets see if lybrary.com ads start appearing in Genii in the next few months.

It's the only possible justification I can think of for censoring such a reasonable thread.

Bong said...

It could be that Kaufman just doesn't want to see any pro Sadowitz threads.

Anonymous said...

Kaufman despises Chris and Lybrary.

This is more likely about liability or Breese himself

Anonymous said...

And why is that? Kaufman doesn't like competition?