Amazon Erases Orwell Books From KindleI am in favor of e-books, but not if they can do this. The article said that they buried the fact that it is software in the download agreement and you are only leasing the book. That nowhere did the mention that they could snatch it off your reader. When I want a book, I buy it to own it, not rent it.
New York Times
By BRAD STONE
Published: July 17, 2009
In George Orwell’s “1984,” government censors erase all traces of news articles embarrassing to Big Brother by sending them down an incineration chute called the “memory hole.”
On Friday, it was “1984” and another Orwell book, “Animal Farm,” that were dropped down the memory hole — by Amazon.com.
In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, Amazon remotely deleted some digital editions of the books from the Kindle devices of readers who had bought them.
Talk about being Orwellian, this is so ironic that it was do with two of George Orwell’s books. In addition, if they can snatch the books off your reader, can they go in and rewrite the book on your reader? That would be totally Orwellian in that they could rewrite history with ease that George Orwell never dreamed.
Now, more than at any other time in our history do the people of this country need to learn the lessons of Orwell's "Animal Farm" and "1984". The White House is asking for contact information about citizens who oppose Obamacare. The DNC is calling people who attend town hall meetings a "mob". Speaker Pelosi is calling citizens who oppose the socialist drift of the country 'Nazis'. Obama/Biden in formenting class warfare with their 'tax the rich' chants and claiming that it is patriotic to pay taxes (unless you are the Secretary of the Treasury).
ReplyDeleteThe government of Obama, Reid and Pelosi want to look into our closets and let Emanual and Axelrod use whatever dirt, real or fabricated to crush those who do not share their left wing agenda.
With all of this new governmental control and the growth of government do you think it is a coincidence that these books were deleted from the Amazon Kindle?