Jack Thompson vs Amazon?

Zorglub writes "Feeling his book page at Amazon has been harassed by bad reviews, nasty tags, and a user-submitted vomit pic, anti-game lawyer Jack Thompson threatens to sue Amazon if the offending material isn't removed."

Amazon page and tags

[LiquidCoooled]

The list is amusing, heres the few on the page:

First tag: lies (6mullet on Nov 17, 2005)
Last tag: Propaganda

Lies (7),Propaganda (5),Childish Name Calling (4),Unfounded assertions (4),Slander (4),Unscientific (4),Defamation (3),Self-promoting with fake reviews (3),Biased (3),lies (3),Racist (2),Scaremonger (2),toilet-paper (2),Money grabbing lawyer (2),Ambulance Chaser (2)

The amazon page listing them [amazon.com] is here.

The inevitable reaction...

[Rob T Firefly]

Word is Amazon has just patented a mechanism for being sued by insane book authors.

Re:Amazon safe

[saskboy]

There's going to be a vomit posting teenager, running from a lawyer very soon.

Irony

[Raleel]

Perhaps someone else has a sense of humor, but there were these three links to "Listmania!" below this book... all three were to how-to books for gay men. One was about handballing...

He only has about 52 negative reviews now....

[ylikone]

just wait until the slashdot crowd gets finished writing their reviews.

Amazon's marketing

[saskboy]

If you look at the book for sale on Amazon, they'll tell you what other books people are buying if they've bought Jack's book.

Here's a sample:
How to Use DRM to Improve Your Profits
  by Sony BMG

In The Line of Fire:
A Case for War
  by Scooter Libby

Censorship for Dummies
  by the Parents Television Council of America

[yes these are all made up titles]

Re:Amazon page and tags

[EiZei]

The listmania part is even more amusing, gay BDSM books anyone?

Re:he must be kidding!

[BushCheney08]

Others have said he's not sincere and so many other [nasty] things. Some outside America have called him a chimp! Will he sue them?

But he's not sincere, and he is a chimp. These are facts that can be proven in a court of law. That's exactly why he won't try to sue them.

Re:Message board is scary

[ilyaaohell]

I expected the mesasgeboards there to be filled with "I disagree with what Jerk says, but I respect his right to say it in a fair way"

Just out of curiosity, what the hell kind of a psychotic utopian community do you live in!? Why in God's name would you ever expect that kind of reaction from ANYONE, much less an internet message board?

Pictures attached to the book

[TubeSteak]

If you look under the pic of the cover, there are two extra "customer images" attached.
NOTE: I'm not sure how the first pic slipped by Amazon,
but don't click it if you're squeamish

From W. Jones "bookreviewer" (Clemson, SC USA)
This was my immediate reaction after reading Thompson's Book. [amazon.com]

From Neil J. Miotto "Sponge-lueshi" (Menlo Park, CA, USA)
More images of JT. [amazon.com]

Re:Eh, Slashdot?

[TubeSteak]

This guy is obviously an attention whore, so why indulge him?

I have a weakness for whores...
/shame

This calls for...

[Black Parrot]

Someone should write a book about how lawyers are a bad influence on our children.

Dear Jack Thompson...

[davidwr]

Amazon.com Legal Dept.
Amazon.com HQ
November 20, 2005

Jack Thompson

Dear Sir:

Per your request we have instructed our client to remove all of the materials you reqested. Please accept our sincerest apologies. To ensure that such an unfortunate incident does not occur, we have also instructed them to remove this book from their catalog. Furthermore, we are recommending they remove all works authored, co-authored, edited, forwarded, or otherwise contributed to by you.

Again, we regret these unfortunate events and we trust that you will see that we are serious about making sure that nobody ever makes another negative comment about any of your works on Amazon.com in the future.

Sincerely,
The Amazon.com Legal Team

This review is priceless

[stox]

"If you like murdering little puppies than you will love this book! Ax murderers and serial killers alike will take ques from this wonderfully deragned book. Enjoy the life and times of this anti-bill-of-rights author that showers his reader with psycopathic rhetoric. A must read if you plan on being a dictator or child abuser."

Re:Message board is scary

[Anonymous Coward]

... in a vein of "two wrongs make a right" logic

      Bart: Somebody ought to ruin Gabbo's career the way he ruined Krusty's.
      Lisa: Two wrongs don't make a right, Bart.
      Bart: Yes they do.
      Lisa: No they don't.
      Bart: Yes they do!
      Lisa: No they don't!
      Bart: Yes they do!!
      Lisa: Daaaad!
      Homer: Two wrongs make a right, Lisa.

Re:book link!

[cgenman]

I think you got the link wrong. I've fixed it below.

Lies, Slander , lies, Propaganda, Childish Name Calling, Unfounded assertions, Unscientific, Defamation, Biased, Self-promoting with fake reviews, Libel, Money grabbing lawyer, Racist, Terrorism, No Truth, smug [amazon.com]

Search for Jack Thompson on Amazon

[Kildjean]

As I read this article I decided to take a look at Amazon and read such notes on this book. So when I wrote the name Jack Thompson on the search bar of Amazon I got the following reply:

Results for: Jack Thompson
Related Searches: out of harm's way; fire emblem; penny arcade

Out of Harm's Way by Jack Thompson (Hardcover)
Books: See all 182 items (Rate this item)
Buy new: $13.59
Used & new from $12.48
Usually ships in 24 hours

Advanced Sex : 101 Positions and Techniques, for the Sexually Adventurous by Randi Foxx (Hardcover)
Books: See all 182 items (Rate this item)
Buy new: $10.17 Not yet released.

Gay Men and Anal Eroticism: Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles by Steven G. Underwood (Paperback - March 2003)
Books: See all 182 items (Rate this item)
Buy new: $16.47
Used & new from $6.98 Usually ships in 24 hours

Kind of weird to search for a book of this nature and have it tied to a bunch of books on sex nd gay sex...

Re:book link!

[Pneuma ROCKS]

And for those who don't know Jack Thompson: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson [uncyclopedia.org]. Quote:

Thompson is fluent in Bullshit and has a Black Belt in Dumbfuckery.

I highly recommend this course of action...

[nmaster64]

From Amazon's "Fine Print":
If you believe that the product you are reviewing is unsafe, please report this information to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) http://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html [cpsc.gov] or contact Amazon.com directly at [e-mail].

The government needs to be informed that Thompson is unsafe for children ages -3 to 962.

Re:All publicity is good publicity?

[jmichaelg]

Way back when I was starting my first software company, one of my investors set up a dinner with an ad exec who had a long history of wins in advertising. That night was the first time I had heard the advertising dictum, "I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right."

I guess Jock Thomsen had dinner with the same ad exec.

Re:Amazon safe

[JWW]

Hey, that would be a great game. You could have a crazed lawyer chase down everyone making fun of his ridiculous antics and serving them with a lawsuit.

Heck I pay someone $1 to make a game like that. Unlike Thompson, I would make good on my offer....

Re:Hides the real issues

[ediron2]

Shh, you might wake up Jon Katz.