Amazon's Kindle Policy Raises Questions About Ownership of Digital Books
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drew_lytle
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Summary
Amazon's decision to prevent Kindle users from downloading and backing up their book libraries raises concerns about ownership and access to digital content. The article discusses the implications of relying on intermediaries for accessing purchased books.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledThankfully, I still have access to my library because I saw this video by Jared Henderson warning of the change and downloaded all ~400 of my books immediately.
Which raises the question: do they even own those books?
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