PC World: "When Amazon recently removed copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from customers' devices and digital lockers, I suddenly remembered why I prefer physical media over virtual versions:"
george orwellAmazon CEO: Deleting Your Kindle Books Was “Stupid, Thoughtles...Mashable! Thu, 07/23/2009 - 22:11
Amazon Shows Need for Open eBook StandardsLinux Today Mon, 07/20/2009 - 08:04
Tech Treasures: "Last week Amazon did something despicable. They violated the privacy of every Kindle user when without warning they remotely deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle Readers." Think you own your Kindle books?Linux Today Mon, 07/20/2009 - 01:04
Cyber Cynic: "During the night of July 16th, while Amazon Kindle owners slept, Amazon was quietly deleting their copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm." Internet Censorship in the US? Or Just Law Enforcement?Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community Fri, 05/01/2009 - 08:19
It would seem that George Orwell might have been more prophetic than we perhaps gave him credit for. Currently, our televisions cannot watch us, but at the rate things are progressing, it is only a matter of time. |
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