It's closer to "you know, I wish this hadn't been released and I've decided that no one should be able to sell their copies of it."

According to wsj:

> Online marketplace eBay Inc. said it is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books that were pulled earlier this week by the company in charge of the late author’s works because they contain offensive imagery.

eBay decided themselves they didn't want to be associated with it; the author's estate didn't dictate to them that nobody is allowed to trade in it. They're still on Amazon, of course, as are a bunch of racist bumper stickers and a billion other SKUs.

Of course, you're right, I should've phrased that differently.

That's weird, I don't remember the book burning. I guess I must have missed it. I am sure it is totally impossible to get a copy of any of those books now that the publisher has decided to stop publishing them after 80 years.

Who said anything about book burnings? Claiming that it's just the owner of the work who decided not to sell it is not giving the full story, if it's not a lie by omission.

Listings for them on Amazon are $800+ a pop now for used copies

Except the author did no such thing. A corporate entity IP owner did. Those entities are subject to a myriad of whims, much the same as Nike or Apple.

It's laughably hypocritical in an era where pop culture is full of all kinds of 'offensive' material.

Go here, right now [1] to the Billboard Hot 100 and cruise down that list.

Over 50% of those songs are chock full of brutal misogyny, racism, sexism, violence, and all of the most vile and derelict behaviours we wold ever want to see in any person.

To think that EBay is 'banning' Dr. Seuss, but happily selling music that literally glorifies young men for murdering random people for looking at them the wrong way is a definite sign of social decline.

The author of this post is effectively correct.

The OP is correct to use Dr. Seuss as a point of concern eve if the owners of the IP have every right to stop publishing.

[1] https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

> Except the author did no such thing. A corporate entity IP owner did.

The author is dead, so couldn't. The IP is owned by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which was founded by his wife. It's not some random corporation who swooped up the copyrights at an auction, but literally the organization created to manage them.

> Go here, right now [1] to the Billboard Hot 100 and cruise down that list.

Presumably those IP holders have decided to continue selling their stuff, which is also their right.

> To think that EBay is 'banning' Dr. Seuss

They're doing no such thing. They've decided to stop selling the specific books that are being pulled from publication.

Every last bit of this stuff is garden variety free market capitalism: an IP holder decided to stop publishing certain works, and a market decided to stop selling them. Because I support capitalism, I have to support their rights to make these kinda of business decisions.

There are plenty of books that are no longer being published, but you are not prevented from buying them on eBay. The issue is more than active publication, it's access.