Cultural Purity

Well, the “Treasury Dept. has stated”:http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/national/28PUBL.html# that people can’t edit or alter in any way publications from countries where we have trade embargoes, because that would constitute a violation of the provision on prohibited services…

That also means you can’t translate anything, as that is a change. Good thing, wouldn’t want any of the Enemies horrible ideas infecting us!

‘It is against the principles of scholarship and freedom of expression, as well as the interests of science, to require publishers to get U.S. government permission to publish the works of scholars and researchers who happen to live in countries with oppressive regimes,’ said Eric A. Swanson, a senior vice president at John Wiley & Sons, which publishes scientific, technical and medical books and journals.