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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What Amazon is doing is stealing features from other readers. Lending it stole from B&N and library eBooks it stole from all those other readers using ADE.
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I respect your opinion, but I disagree.
Stealing something is taking an object without permission or using an exact software or implementation for commercial purposes, without paying for royalties or working on the proper legal agreements. None of those are the case here.
Amazon will pay, get an agreement, in order to provide the same service other companies already have. There is nothing wrong on that, is business. Is like opening a Hamburguer place in front of McDonals or Burger King. Same burger concept, but different store. Amazon will provide the same lending feature but using their own concept or ereader device: Kindle.
And can I say something? Please don't get me wrong. You sounds really "anti Kindle" and your postures and comments are more Kindle centric that really defending or making comments about the whole lending issue. I don't use Public Library features but as a book's lover, I'm really happy for those Kindle users that will be able to.