On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Michael Luscombe <mich...@maumedia.com>wrote:
> > On 17-Jul-09, at 6:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more- > > equal-than-others/> > > > > Orwell's publisher apparently has second thoughts about offering > > electronic editions, and so Amazon obligingly stuffs it's Kindle > > version of '1984' into the Memory Hole, which includes deleting > > already purchased copies from people's Kindles. > > > > If it's got DRM, you're only renting it. I think I'm going to go pay > > the 30 cents to upgrade my iTunes stuff to plain MP3's... > > -- > > The irony is palpable, but honestly, do you think it honestly matters > to the twitter-kids today? Until Michael Bay has a go at 1984 > (starring Megan Fox, 'natch) it's unlikely this is taking the book > out of the hands of anyone who hasn't read it already. > > Besides, Orwell was wrong. 1984 is just trivia now. > > http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1736/200905amusingourselvest.png > > just like children's treats...hard candy shell, soft chewy insides... -- "you shouldn't let poets, lie to you"... bjork --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to stratalist-ot+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
