Thread: Kaufman links e-book trend to bookburning, Nazis
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Old 10-28-2009, 07:22 PM   #51
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What a terrible analogy!
A book is just a vessel for knowledge. Knowledge can be spoken, transmitted via the web, read via an ebook. I have no particular attachment to paper books but I am not a librarian and am younger than 50. DRM is a minor threat but in the early days of paper books the power of the printing press was held in the hands of the few. Over time those threats will dissapate, just a quick look at the new technologies like the web and thing like wikipedia remove any doubt that new technologies can increase the distribution of knowledge.
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