When your e-reader crashes or gets stolen, does that mean you have to buy all your books all over again? You cannot lend an e-book without violating anti-piracy laws, nor can you sell a used book you no longer want. Amazon forcibly remotely deleted copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from hundreds of Kindles owned by people who downloaded the books from a publisher that apparently did not have the proper rights to do so. What a marvelous irony that Orwell’s books get turned into “un-books”.
When your e-reader crashes or gets stolen, does that mean you have to buy all your books all over again? You cannot lend an e-book without violating anti-piracy laws, nor can you sell a used book you no longer want. Amazon forcibly remotely deleted copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from hundreds of Kindles owned by people who downloaded the books from a publisher that apparently did not have the proper rights to do so. What a marvelous irony that Orwell’s books get turned into “un-books”.