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Originally Posted by moz
Why the fuss? Amazon sold people a license to use the content in a limited set of ways, then withdrew that license. It's just like a rental car company ringing you to say the car you got isn't safe and sorry they don't have a replacement available. Kinda tough on you, but better than discovering exactly how unsafe it is. Getting whacked for a million bucks or so for each book (RIAA numbers) would hurt way more than losing access to a book.
I look at DRMed books as rentals. You don't own anything other than a restricted right to access the book in a narrowly restricted set of ways. Just like renting a video or anything else. Any time the seller likes they can yank the content. That's never been a secret, it's happened before and it will happen again. If you don't like it, don't rent books.
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The fuss is this:
1. When you purchase a book at Amazon you click BUY not RENT.
2. The prices on Amazon are clearly reflect an ownership mentality. Had they been rentals they would be much cheaper.
3. The Kindle is a device you own outright. And since Amazon has this locked down tight they can at whim decide that you may not load any software on to it essentially making it a thin brick.
You like analogies? Think of this one: Today you buy a new computer with Windows Vista. 6 months from now Microsoft sends a signal to your computer telling it that you can no longer use it. Since you only lease Vista, they have that right. No what do you do with your 6 month old PC, 3rd party software and files?