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Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the pulling-the-rug dept.

CheerfulMacFanboy writes "CNET quotes Lendle co-founder Jeff Croft: 'They [Amazon] shut the API access off, and without it, our site is mostly useless. So, we went ahead and pulled it down. Could we build a lending site without their API? Yes. But it wouldn't be the quality of product we expect from ourselves.' Croft also said 'at least two other Kindle lending services got the same message' yesterday.'"

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  1. Capitalism At Its Finest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yep, this is yet another fine example of Capitalism the free market cheerleaders don't want you to know about. They want you to think that Capitalismis about choice, Well that is true if you are rich. The poor well according to the rich and free market drones fuck them as they are nothing more than "scum of the earth." The solution is simple, communism. That's right boys and girls, communism. No more greedy rich to have power over someone else. Everyone will have the same rights and power. There will no longer be haves and have nots. Of course the fucktarded uneducated USians will fight tooth and claw over this like neanderthals going after their meat. Meat consumption should also be banned worldwide, why treat sentient/semi-sentient life forms like scum? With communism there will no longer be the Amazon's of the world and people will be free to create and share all arts with no barriers.

    Sincerly,

    Signed: The Rest of the World