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Cockfight Mag Forced Off Amazon.com

Posted May 21, 08 6:32 PM CDT in Technology 

(Newser) – In a victory for the Humane Society, the publisher of The Gamecock has agreed to stop selling its publication on Amazon.com. The anti-animal cruelty group had sued Amazon to remove the magazine—which it says promote cockfighting—from its site, charging the online retailer with violating federal law, the AP reports. The publisher says it settled to remove itself from the suit and promised “to be more vigilant in its content.”

But Amazon will continue to sell The Feathered Warrior, which has a different publisher. The online retailer calls the lawsuit censorship, despite a federal ban on the violent sport and new felony-level penalties for encouraging it.

Source Associated Press

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Gamecock Magazine   (Amazon.com)
A Timorese man puts on a blade on the leg of his gamecock prior to a weekend match in Dili, East Timor, Sunday, June 10, 2007.   (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Spectators watch a fight between gamecocks.   (Getty Images)
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