[Web4lib] Amazon Deletes Orwell from Kindles

R. Wood rw at ncf.ca
Fri Jul 17 18:04:58 EDT 2009


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Allegedly, on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 05:01:53PM -0400, Robert Sullivan stated:
> Amazon has deleted 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles due to rights
> issues...
> 
> <http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/>

Well this I don't understand, since both books are available for free
download from Project Gutenberg:
  http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#letterO

This is of course a separate issue from the debate about why the Kindle
sucks, and how much...  ;-p

Have Fun,
Raymond
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