[Web4lib] Amazon Deletes Orwell from Kindles

[Lloyd Davidson]

Just because a book appears on Project Gutenberg doesn't mean it's 
copyright free, it simply means no one has bothered to send them a 
Cease and Desist order, probably because they are such an 
insignificant player in the online publishing world.   Now that 
you've made it public that they have copies of such copyrighted 
works, perhaps publishers will begin to pay more attention to their 
online content.

I have a Kindle and rather enjoy it.  It's not perfect, and new 
technologies are coming along quickly that will render this 
particular reader outdated, but for now it works just fine.  I find 
the Kindle particularly useful when traveling or when I'm spending 
some time in a hospital, as I will be doing next month and as I did 
in June (both relatively minor, routine operations, but ones that 
require my spending a week or more in rehab while first my hip and 
now my leg mend).   The Kindle is compact, rugged, and easy to use. 
And when I fall asleep reading it, I don't have to worry about 
leaving it on as it  turns off every time you turn a page, as long as 
the wireless connection isn't on.  It lasts for over a week between 
charges, especially since I usually fall asleep relatively quickly 
after I lie down.  Most of the books I buy for it are either free or 
cost about 3 or 4 dollars, a reasonable price for convenience and 
instantaneous online access to other titles.

L.


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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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Lloyd Davidson