Outlawed by Amazon DRM
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/
One of the reasons I'm not buying DRM-protected stuff. You're never really owning what you're buying, but merely renting it for an indetermined amount of time (unless you de-DRM your stuff), while the prices are the same as for actual print books. It doesn't even have to be such an unfair treatment as in the case of the article, but what about when the company you bought from loses interest in that technology (maybe because there's something new and shinier), or simply ceases to exist?
ETA: An interesting guess as to why the account has been shut down, an interesting critique, and finally a happy ending: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/10/rights-you-have-no-right-to-your-ebooks/index.htm
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One of the reasons I'm not buying DRM-protected stuff. You're never really owning what you're buying, but merely renting it for an indetermined amount of time (unless you de-DRM your stuff), while the prices are the same as for actual print books. It doesn't even have to be such an unfair treatment as in the case of the article, but what about when the company you bought from loses interest in that technology (maybe because there's something new and shinier), or simply ceases to exist?
ETA: An interesting guess as to why the account has been shut down, an interesting critique, and finally a happy ending: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/10/rights-you-have-no-right-to-your-ebooks/index.htm
This entry was originally posted at http://rebecca2525.dreamwidth.org/7749.html. Please comment there using OpenID.