TechCrunch reported that Amazon is selling an eBbook titled The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure . The book itself is a disgrace – a how-to guide for pedophiles. It includes, among other things, tips on how to get away with it and how
to avoid sexually transmitted diseases by purchasing condom-like products for children too small to use actual condoms.
The story hit the internet and prompted Amazon.com to issue the statement:
Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable. Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make
their own purchasing decisions.
For the moment the eBook remains available for sale and download.
Update: Removed
12th November 2010. Based on article
from samueljscott.com
Amazon later removed the e-book in question from its store but has seemingly not commented further to the media on the matter.
Offsite: Arrested
21st December 2010. See article
from telegraph.co.uk
A man who wrote a how-to guide for paedophiles was arrested and will be extradited to Polk County, Florida to face obscenity charges, after police there ordered a copy of the book that has generated online outrage.
Florida' obscenity law – a third-degree felony – prohibits the distribution of obscene material depicting minors engaged in conduct harmful to minors.
Legal experts questioned whether Greaves' right to free speech would come into play if there's a trial. If prosecutors can charge Greaves for shipping his book, they ask, what would prevent booksellers from facing prosecution for selling Vladimir
Nabokov's Lolita,
Update: Convicted
11th April 2011. See article
from bbc.co.uk
Phillip Greaves has been sentenced to two years' probation. He pleaded no contest to a charge of distributing obscene material depicting minors engaged in harmful conduct. Greaves will serve the sentence in Colorado, his home state, and will not have to
register as a sex offender.
A
