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."