I fully understand why Amazon took this action, however I choose not to allow it by not owning a kindle. In other words, you all may be screwed but I never had a telascreen installed in my apartment ;)
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Alan Dayley <ala...@consultpros.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Marco Savo<savoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't understand what's the point, you can read for free on-line > > http://www.george-orwell.org/1984 > > This copyright stuff is too messy for me to understand > > > > All animals are equal, But some animals are more equal than others. > > Animal Farm, the three pigs "Lenin, Stalin, Trotzky" > > The copyright on "1984" and "Animal Farm" has expired in many > countries but not yet in the USA. The publisher who provided it to > Amazon specializes in public domain books but evidently failed to > catch that they were not authorized to publish in the USA. Amazon > missed it too. The publisher requested that the book be removed from > the Kindle store. Amazon did so AND removed it from the Kindles and > Kindle applications in iPhones and iPods of the people who purchased > it. Amazon now states that in the future they will just remove from > the store and not devices. > > Copyright is messy. Reading this comic book reveals and helps to > understand better: http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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