From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 02:00:09 +0800
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: RICE v PALADIN ENTERPRISES
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19971201112809.036f79cc@panix.com>
Message-ID: <199712011749.MAA27922@users.invweb.net>
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In <3.0.2.32.19971201112809.036f79cc@panix.com>, on 12/01/97 
   at 11:28 AM, Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com> said:

>A conclusion that Paladin directed Hit Man to a discrete group rather
>than to  the public at large would be supported, even if not established,
>by the  evidence that Hit Man is not generally available or sold to the
>public from  the bookshelves of local bookstores, but, rather, is
>obtainable as a  practical matter only by catalogue. Paladin Press is a
>mail order company,  and for the most part does not sell books through
>retail outlets. In order to  procure a copy of Hit Man,

The logic in this conclusion is all wrong.

The reason Hit Man, and other such "undrground" text, are not available on
the local book stores is because the major publishing houses will not
print them! Paladin Press is a mail order company because major retailers
will not shelf the books that they print. I can hardly see Paladin turning
down a 100,000 copy order from Barns & Nobel or Books-A-Million or any of
the other major chains. I am quite sure that if one looks at the records
of Paladin one will see that they sold their books to whomever wished to
purchase them (after all thet is the business they are in).

I can see it now the 1st Amendment only applies if you can sell a million
copies of your words.

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