Amazon Removes E-Books From Kindle Store, Revokes Ownership »
Posted By altnrg 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyToday, Amazon removed George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from its Kindle e-book store. The company also went ahead and removed any digital trace of the books, too-striking them from both users' digital lockers and from Kindle devices. This disturbing, Orwellian move underscores how, in spite of comments otherwise, a purchase in the digital realm can't be compared to physical ownership of content.
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