[FM Discuss] Deleting an unwanted book from My Manuals?

[Daniel James]

Hi Adam,

> lets say i wrote "How To Bypass Internet Censorship". The manual exists
> only on FM (for arguments sake) with no clones. I then decide for what
> ever reason (I'm drunk, i decide i dont any longer support internet
> freedom, whatever) to delete it...
> 
> everyone happy?

I would be, the author doesn't have the ultimate right over their own
work otherwise. Think of those authors who would rather hide their early
attempts from the public.

More controversially, I would also support the original author of a work
deleting a book that had been collaboratively edited. A really bad edit
can destroy the purpose of the original work, and yet the author's name
is still attached to that work. I've had it done to me a couple of times
with magazine articles that I would rather were never printed.

Cheers!

Daniel