Re:Amazon Taking Down Erotica, Removing From Kindles
by w1ntermute on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @10:19AM
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> And that, in a nutshell, is why I don't really want to buy an eReader. They just seem too restrictive.
It does depend on your reading interests, but one big difference between books and audiovisual content is that there is an enormous selection of books that are out of copyright. If you like to read those, you can obtain them for free and without DRM from sites like Project Gutenberg.
> Until things get sorted out, I think I'll pass on the eReaders.
It's never going to get "sorted out". From the perspective of the retailers, this is a good thing. It allows them to make more money. Why would they ever change their policies?
It does depend on your reading interests, but one big difference between books and audiovisual content is that there is an enormous selection of books that are out of copyright. If you like to read those, you can obtain them for free and without DRM from sites like Project Gutenberg.
> Until things get sorted out, I think I'll pass on the eReaders.
It's never going to get "sorted out". From the perspective of the retailers, this is a good thing. It allows them to make more money. Why would they ever change their policies?