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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by mapleoin on Saturday February 14, 2009 @04:35AM (#480997)
the obligatory 1997 RMS essay: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by asciilifeform on Saturday February 14, 2009 @06:33PM (#481536)
Many of the abuses in Stallman's tale have been brought to life by textbook publishers.

I have taken a number of classes which used books having an online time-limited, non-transferrable homework supplement.

Anyone who is counting on "the invisible hand of the market" to kill DRM will be in for a rude surprise when they find themselves among one of the captive audiences where it flourishes.

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