On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Bob W<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > The thing to think about is whether or not one wants to >> do business with >> > > a company like that. >> > >> > Oh, absolutely! :-) >> > That's why I don't have a Kindle. >> > >> > Maybe I'm too cynical, but I tend to think that one gets >> what one has >> > paid for by buying into Amazon's scheme. >> > >> > Jostein >> >> I find it amusing (although, sadly, in no way surprising) that much of >> the anger here is being directed against Amazon - a company who acted >> to preserve intellectual property rights - and not against the lowlife >> who illegally sold the infringing copies. >> > > it's because Amazon made the elementary and very foolish mistake of erasing > the stuff from people's machines - they don't have the right to do that. > It's the equivalent of a bookshop assistant coming into your house without > your permission and taking back a book that you bought from them. > > Bob
Exactly. People aren't pissed that Amazon acted appropriately in removing the items from their store. That was completely appropriate. It was their actions with regards to items already purchased, which just reinforced the growing realization that Amazon, not the Kindle's supposed owner, controls everything on the Kindle and that the customer has essentially no rights to what they've already purchased. It's yet another reason why I flat out won't EVER buy a Kindle, despite being a very heavy purchaser of eBooks. Of course, I puschase my eBooks from Webscription.net, which provides 100% DRM free downloads and does not remove access to eBooks that have already been purchased even if the publisher moves elsewhere. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
