Thread: Christian Science Monitor labels Kindle a ‘Trojan horse’
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Old 03-19-2009, 12:17 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by daffy4u View Post
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.
If I am correctly reading Ms. Walshe's comments her article is more about the control of books and the implications of DMR and proprietary access. It singles out Kindle due to it's recent high visibility but applies to any ereader that has proprietary access and DMR content IMO.
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