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An Acerbic Look At the Future of Reading

Posted by kdawson on from the drm-weaver dept.

theodp writes "Using Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' own words against him, Mark Pilgrim offers his chilling take on The Future of Reading with a mash-up of Bezos' Open Letter to the Authors Guild, the Amazon Kindle Terms of Service, Steven Levy's Newsweek article on the Kindle, 1984, and Richard Stallman's 'The Right to Read.'"

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  1. Re:Is this really news? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    The only thing that "got us here" is the ridiculous notion that rebellion is something original.

    Have your silly revolution. NOTHING will change in the long run, nor even in the short run.

    "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Dick Cheney? Is that you?
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    My blog
  2. Re:Is this really a reply to the first post? by MrHanky · · Score: 0, Troll

    And is it really on topic?