Re: For self publishing authors on AmazonKDP, Scott Adams Says

On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:01:54 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:

In article <vdpbq4$anou$1@dont-email.me>,

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But at least it was capitalism!  If that was a government operation,
surely I would have been shot and then sent to a concentration camp.  Or
so I have been assured.
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William Hyde
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I recall an essay on corruption in Italy to the effect that yes, of course,
you had to pay a bribe to the state telephone company to get your phone
installed, but you *would* get your phone installed.  In the US no govt
official would ever ask for a bribe, but conversely, your problem would
never be solved..

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With the most recent supreme court ruling, bribes are on their
way back....
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https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-limits-scope-of-anti-bribery-law/

Or it will require prosecutors to demonstrate the Quid that matches
the Quo. Such as a prior agreement between the parties.

To put another way, they took a stand against the semantic goo being
used to extend and blur the definition of bribery.

And, BTW, shouldn't this really have been treated as a Kickback? Or
has the semantic goo already turned that into Bribery?
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Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"