The Guardian reports:
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Julian Assange publishers to release autobiography without his consent
Canongate to publish 'unauthorised first draft' of WikiLeaks founder's autobiography it has secretly printed and shipped it without Assange's consent. Hopefully, that written material should not be used in a court of law. without every detail being proved from independent sources. for
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Hopefully no other author will ever trust Canongate again and use them as a publisher. They are clearly unethical.
Article, click here.
Hopefully no other author will ever trust Canongate again and use them as a publisher. They are clearly unethical.
DEMAND PROGRESS writes: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is trying to change the law to retroactively make WikiLeaks illegal. It seems that legalities only count if you claim what you are doing is legal, and in no way is it something that makes sense. I fail to see how a publisher can publish an unauthorized work given them for review. I further fail to see how a bill can be passed making something illegal retroactively. In other words, we didn't tell you it was illegal because it wasn't when you did it but we will tell you, after the fact of our having made it so, that you should have known.
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