Monday, 20 July 2009

BIG BROTHER

Apparently Kindle removed George Orwell's 1984 from its system and refunded downloaders.
Now aside from the tin hatters (it also removed Atlas Shrugged), as this is apparently a copyright issue, what gets me is that you only licence the e-book, you don't own it and Amazon can remove any copy of any book you downloaded.

Well that sucks. It's the equivalent of buying a book then someone coming into your house and leaving a fiver in its place whenever they want.

So Kindle is more akin to a library than a bookshop.

Glad I haven't paid £200 for one

Hat tip: Old holborn

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