Amazon becomes Big Brother

A post related to UNDENK at it’s very core…

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.

Amazon told one victim that such removals are “a rarity.” But however rare, it’s an unsettling thought. At any given moment, your books – the books you’ve paid for – may disappear.

The irony, of course, is that in silently removing 1984 from Kindles everywhere, Amazon invites comparisons to Big Brother. The company could shake off at least part of the comparison if it would simply tell its ebook citizens what’s what. But even then, buyers are left with that uneasy feeling that they don’t actually own what they’ve purchased.

(from theregister.co.uk)

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