03-19-2009, 04:17 AM | #1 |
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Christian Science Monitor labels Kindle a ‘Trojan horse’
An interesting take from Teleread and CS Monitor:
"Monitor writer Emily Walshe is concerned by the Kindle’s DRM and the closed nature of the Kindle store. She fears that, “In our rush to adopt new technologies, we have too readily surrendered ownership in favor of its twisted sister, access.” Walshe warns that the restrictions Amazon places on use of the Kindle and Kindle purchases mean you are not really buying “a book” when you buy a Kindle e-book; you are buying access to a book. She fears what this might mean for the future of the idea of property and of our culture, and compares Amazon’s usurpation of e-property rights to Facebook’s recent attempt to claim ownership of users’ personal information." |
03-19-2009, 05:12 AM | #2 |
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While I agree 10000%, something that needs to be given a bit of thought and can take a bit to wrap your head around is that there never has been true property ownership in the US. Even "owning" a home and land is an illusion. Try not paying the tithe to the PTB which we call taxes and you will find out just how much property you actually own.
Basically I am saying that taxes are simply a mandatory licensing fee via forced compliance. Heck, if a genentech company discovers a new gene in your body they can patent it and you have zero rights to any monies derived from that discovery. That is how little property people actually own. It is not possible to live without a fee being paid. To me that is the irony of it all. |
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03-19-2009, 05:38 AM | #3 |
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03-19-2009, 05:42 AM | #4 |
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As much as I do not like DRM, I will concede the fact that an eBook can be distributed illegally much much easier than a pBook. You can only lend a pbook to one person, you can email a non DRM book to ALL your friend and they can do the same...
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03-19-2009, 06:50 AM | #5 |
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Luckily DRM (at least the mobi pocket ones) can be removed On that point, DRM are totally useless on preventing illegal diffusion. They just mess up with customers who don't know how to take them off.
I did't pass my E-book to anyone, it's just mean to spare me the bother of having to deal with pid's. Else, every time you get to reinstall windows, get a new reader or whatever, you need to update the pid list on every website you buy E-books from, redownload your entire collection of e-book. When I buy an E-book, I don't want to be considered as thief. I'm a customer, and expect to be treated as such, not as a hacker. If you try to make using the legal stuff a pain, don't be surprised you customers turn to the illegal, easier way. Last edited by EowynCarter; 03-19-2009 at 06:55 AM. |
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I can see using some form of DRM to protect copyrighted works, although what I really wish is that the public would have enough respect for authors, the creative process, and the overall benefits of supporting people who do creative work that it wouldn't be necessary. But I can't for the life of me understand why Amazon is using DRM on public domain works. Amazon should make those available without DRM and make them attractive to buy on Amazon by adding value--nice covers, formatting, and fonts, for example. Much the way paper publishers to this day are putting out nice editions of public domain works. |
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Edit : yeah, that works fine. The time where i had to pass over music because it's too expensive is over . Music come to me yeah Last edited by EowynCarter; 03-19-2009 at 10:08 AM. |
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03-19-2009, 11:36 AM | #10 |
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I've been aware that I am long term leasing each book I "buy" from Amazon. Since I'm not a big re-reader, I don't have a problem with this. Those books I feel I will re-read (my Stephen King collection), I make sure I obtain in multiple formats (ebooks, paper, audio...).
Those who prefer to "own" every ebook they read, should probably not buy a Kindle. |
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http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/27/k...e-to-drm-free/ Maybe I've got it wrong and there have been further developments? |
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