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<p>"It illustrates how few [[digital rights|rights]] you have when you buy an e-book from Amazon," said [[Bruce Schneier]], chief security technology officer for [[British Telecom]] and an expert on computer security and commerce. "As a Kindle owner, I'm frustrated. I can't lend people books and I can't sell books that I've already read, and now it turns out that I can't even count on still having my books tomorrow."</p> | <p>"It illustrates how few [[digital rights|rights]] you have when you buy an e-book from Amazon," said [[Bruce Schneier]], chief security technology officer for [[British Telecom]] and an expert on computer security and commerce. "As a Kindle owner, I'm frustrated. I can't lend people books and I can't sell books that I've already read, and now it turns out that I can't even count on still having my books tomorrow."</p> | ||
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| + | '''Commentary''': | ||
| + | * '''2009-07-17''' | ||
| + | ** [http://gizmodo.com/5317180/amazon-remotely-deletes-legitimately-purchased-books-from-thousands-of-kindles Big Brother Amazon Remotely Deletes Purchased Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm From Thousands of Kindles] ([[Gizmodo]]) | ||
| + | *** [http://seattlest.com/2009/07/17/amazons_kindle--now_with_new_take-b.php Amazon's Kindle--Now with New Take-Backsies Feature] ([[Seattlest]]) | ||
| + | * '''2009-07-18''' [http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/ Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others] (David Pogue, ''NYT'' tech blog)</let> | ||
<let name=data index=TextShort>“In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] remotely deleted some digital editions of [''[[Animal Farm]]'' and ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]''] from the [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] devices of readers who had bought them.”</let> | <let name=data index=TextShort>“In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] remotely deleted some digital editions of [''[[Animal Farm]]'' and ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]''] from the [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] devices of readers who had bought them.”</let> | ||
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