I don't 'think' it's been posted before, but that page does look familiar.
The sad fact is that most mainstream e-readers won't match the criteria on that page. The Kindle for example fails VERY badly which is disappointing. It's a good frame of reference though, to help us appreciate the kinds of rights we need for these devices. Anything less is really just another corporation trying to take advantage of the digital 'land grab', trying to take more rights that consumers previously had with print media.
When compared to print media, the disadvantages of Kindle in terms of privacy, books being 'deactivated', book lending, re-selling books really stack up and make it look bad.
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