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Kindle’s DRM Rears Its Ugly Head… And It IS Ugly
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| I asked the customer representative where this information was available and
| he told me that it’s in the fine print of the legalese agreement
| documentation. “It’s not right that they are in bold print when you buy a
| book?” I asked. “No, I don’t believe so. You can have to look for it.”
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| We’re not done- it gets even worse.
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| “How do I find out how many times I can download any given book?” I asked. He
| replied, “I don’t think you can. That’s entirely up to the publisher and I
| don’t think we always know.”
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| I pressed — “You mean when you go to buy the book it doesn’t say ‘this book
| can be downloaded this number of times’ even though that limitation is
| there?” To which he replied, “No, I’m very sorry it doesn’t.”
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| Here is the major problem with this scenario.
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http://www.geardiary.com/2009/06/19/kindles-drm-rears-its-ugly-head-and-it-is-ugly/
Recent:
No need to burn books you can't read - DRM and public libraries
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| As my correspondent says: "After all that I still couldn't open the document
| (which I've only opened once before) and got this. Now I know I haven't
| opened the document at another computer because this is my only computer with
| a printer - so I didn't open it anywhere else. I am never using this service
| again. The British Library, Microsoft and Adobe can go shove their DRM up
| their document delivery service exit. "
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| This, let me reiterate, is a public body providing publicly paid-for research
| to a highly-qualified professional engaged in impeccable work for the public
| service.
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| It is hard to imagine something more expensive, condescending, inaccurate,
| frustrating and enraging – nor something better calculated to restrict
| knowledge and broadcast ignorance.
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| It's almost as if the parties involved actively want to prevent people
| learning. It certainly feels that way.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009526o-2000331777b,00.htm
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