Sat, Jul 18th, 2009
In an irony-filled moment that underlines the flaws of our increasingly digital society, Amazon has removed George Orwell's 1984 from America's Kindle ebook readers.
As noticed by one loyal Reg reader - and by the ebullient David Pogue of The New York Times - Amazon vanished the Kindle incarnations of both 1984 and Animal Farm after their copyright holder notified the company that the books were being been sold without its permission.
Related stories from top sites:
Amazon CEO Apologizes for 'Painful Mistake' On Kindle Book Deletions
Jul 17th, 2009 - ChannnelWeb
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos used Amazon's Kindle Community Forum Thursday to apologize for the way Amazon handled the deletion of books by George Orwell, including 1984, from users' Kindles...
Amazon Apologizes for Kindle Book Deletions
Jul 17th, 2009 - PC World
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos apologized Thursday for its remote-deletion of illegally sold books, including George Orwell's "1984" and "Animal Farm," on its Kindle e-book reader. In a post on Amazon's Kindle Community forum...
Amazon redacts Orwell on Kindle like it's '1984'
Jul 17th, 2009 - MSNBC
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual...
The Kindle kerfuffle over 1984
Jul 17th, 2009 - CNET
Oh, for heaven's sake. Everyone from CNET to the New York Times is up in arms over Amazon's recent decision to remotely delete copies of two George Orwell novels it sold to Kindle owners on behalf of an independent publisher.
Amazon says it won't repeat Kindle book recall
Jul 17th, 2009 - CNET
Amazon said late Friday that it recalled two Kindle e-books because the publisher lacked the rights to the book. However, in the future, it says it won't pull already downloaded material from customers' devices.
Related videos from YouTube:
- Peter Cushing in George...Winston, played by Peter Cushing, is thrown into a holding cell with other criminals against the state. It's the futuristic world of 1984, where Big Brother is ALWAYS watching you!
- Amazon Kindle DXThanks to the friendly people at Amazon, I was able to spend about 2 weeks with the Amazon Kindle DX, and it was an interesting experience. Here are my thoughts. The Kindle DX addresses most of my complaints about the original Kindle ...
- Kindle 1984Kindle 1984 In the early morning hours of July 17, 2009 Amazon entered my Kindle digital library and permanently erased my legally purchased copy of George Orwell's 1984. www.defectivebydesign.org
- Amazon Takes Back Kindle...Amazon Takes Back Kindle Books It Sold, HTC Hero, CinemaView TV, Samsung HMX-U10.. Amazon caused all kinds of controversy today when it took back books Kindle users had bought. The books in ...
Related stories from Digg:
Amazon paga US$ 150 mil por deletar 1984
A Amazon.com pagará 150 mil dólares em multas por ter deletado ilegalmente cópias do livro 1984, de George Orwell, do seu dispostivo de leitura de e-books Kindle.(Arts & Culture)
onerdescritorMon, Oct 5th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsAmazon Settles Kindle Lawsuit Over Deleted Copy of 1984
When Amazon deleted digital copies of Orwell's 1984 from Kindles, there was a public outcry. Two customers went further and filed a lawsuit against Amazon on...(Tech Industry News)
AjoyshopSat, Oct 3rd, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsAmazon settles suit over deleted Orwell books
Amazon agreed to pay 150,000 dollars to lawyers representing a US high school student whose copy of Orwell's "1984" was zapped from his Kindle and promised not to unilaterally yank ebooks from Kindles in the future.(Tech Industry News)
ic3burgThu, Oct 1st, 200963 Diggs, 3 Comments
Leave a Reply