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Have you heard about Amazon's ebook device, the Kindle?
Here's a amalgamation of quotes by Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, where he would say one thing and the Kindle Terms of Service would say another. For example:
Act I: The act of buying
When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this.
Jeff Bezos, Open letter to Author’s Guild, 2002
You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.
Amazon, Kindle Terms of Service, 2007
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/11/19/the-future-of-reading
The Kindle is an interesting device, though I haven't handled one. But it's loaded with gobbs of DRM crap, apparently can't handle graphics (as in web comics) very well, and I think the case is pretty ugly. I love the Sony ebook reader, but like the Kindle, they're over-priced IMO. Bring one in at $200, let me upload and download to it, get rid of the WiFi AFAIC, and I'd be happy.
Act I: The act of buying
When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this.
Jeff Bezos, Open letter to Author’s Guild, 2002
You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.
Amazon, Kindle Terms of Service, 2007
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/11/19/the-future-of-reading
The Kindle is an interesting device, though I haven't handled one. But it's loaded with gobbs of DRM crap, apparently can't handle graphics (as in web comics) very well, and I think the case is pretty ugly. I love the Sony ebook reader, but like the Kindle, they're over-priced IMO. Bring one in at $200, let me upload and download to it, get rid of the WiFi AFAIC, and I'd be happy.
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