I know we've talked quite a lot about the Amazon Kindle lately, but does this already make us members of a cult? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet
thinks so, and he takes it with a pinch of salt of what we Kindle fans have to say about our beloved device.
More interestingly, he added these two quotes that may be worth discussing:
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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
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Quote:
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
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