tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post5127591062132763709..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Big Brother is Watching and DeletingHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-72442453061184626482009-07-22T16:40:33.094-04:002009-07-22T16:40:33.094-04:00There's an excellent thread on the Amazon Kind...There's an excellent thread on the Amazon Kindle site, which clarifies much of this case. For one thing, Amazon didn't exactly reach out and delete the books. Rather, it deleted them from its own servers, and those Kindles that users had configured to sync with the server then automatically eliminated the books. Anyone who downloaded the books to their PC for USB transfer to their Kindle presumably retains their copies.<br /><br />Of course, this only makes the incident a cautionary tale against both DRM *and* placing one's faith in 'the cloud.'fung0http://siliconmousetrap.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-33543251015010974832009-07-18T00:11:00.128-04:002009-07-18T00:11:00.128-04:00I've saw this story and thought that it perfec...I've saw this story and thought that it perfectly epitomizes what's wrong with both copyright law in the US (obviously things are a bit peachier in Canada) and DRM.<br /><br />The fact that it was Orwell's work is just serendipitous comedy.Philhttp://reformcopyright.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com