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> You probably don't believe a library or book store should be sued if they sell a book with defamatory content

I do, but the deeper question is why don't you?

If there were lies written about you, verifiable, provable lies, then you don't feel like you have the right to ask the library to remove that book?

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'Ask'ing isn't at issue here. The question is whether the library should bear any liability if it declines to act as a fact checker for every book on its shelves.

In the case where you got your preference you'd mostly see controversial books disappear from the shelves. The business they bring wouldn't be worth a lawsuit.

> The question is whether the library should bear any liability if it declines to act as a fact checker for every book on its shelves.

How is that the question here? There's verifiable fact combined with a court order.

You're talking about a different situation.

[edit] oh sorry my oriignal post said "ask"... i should've said "legally force" then.

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