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That quip about Kindle book deletion is rather like Borders saying "We're going to sell you this book, but we reserve the right break into your house and burn it whenever we like."


no because you own the physical paper but only a license for the content


Which is exactly the problem. See also : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html


ye but what I am saying is that the analogy isn't 100% correct. It is more like going into your house and telling you that you aren't allowed to read the book anymore

I didn't say I agree with it, that is just the way it works


What is the difference between owning some physical paper and some pyhsical bits on a memory card? In both cases I own something physical that I can use to extract a books content.




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