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____/ JeffM on Saturday 02 Jan 2010 03:00 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow
>>|the Kindle Store[...]revoking the book 1984[...]
>>|After theyâd bought it
>>http://thevarsity.ca/articles/23855
>
> ..and, of course, "bought" should be in quotes.
>
> I saw this headline on Slashdot. When I read
> "Woman Shows World Why E-Book DRM is a Total Disaster"
> news:5170357.IC5XRatLM0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> it was the first thing i thought of.
> Too bad Cory didn't have that example then.
It's probably too early for people to have swapped media players and
electronic readers (some go out of production at one stage).
Greater outrage over DRM will come in the future. Sun's Schwartz warned
about photo albums with DRM (around 2007).
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