[e-privacy] Libri elettronici

[Federico Bruni]

On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 14:53 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
> qualcuno davvero pensava che i libri elettronici fossero uguali agli altri?
> 

Mica tutti i libri elettronici sono così...


> Non hanno neanche cominciato a diffondersi e subito Amazon ha cancellato dai
> lettori dei propri clienti alcuni libri senza ovviamente avvisare.
> 
> Il contrappasso ha deciso che i libri in questione fossero di Orwell....
> 
> 
> da http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/
> 

Defective by Design si è già mossa:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248


Dear DRM elimination team,

Have you seen this story?  Over the weekend, Amazon deleted purchased
copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from the e-book readers
of hundreds of users.  Can you help us give the Kindle the 1-star
reviews it deserves on Amazon's own site?  Our goal? 1,984 reviews!

Act now: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248
Digg it:
http://digg.com/gadgets/Tell_Kindle_buyers_Amazon_can_delete_your_books

We're relaunching our Defective by Design Amazon tagging campaign, and
we couldn't have picked a better occasion, or a better target. New York
Times tech writer David Pogue summarizes it best:

"This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that
books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their
e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—
thought they owned .... You want to know the best part? The juicy,
plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big
Brotherish plot was none other than George Orwell. And the books were
'1984' and 'Animal Farm.'"

There are 10,000 people on this list, reading this email.  If you all
chip in, it should be easy to get the Kindle past 1,984 1-star reviews
by this time tomorrow.  Can you help?

Act now: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248
Digg it:
http://digg.com/gadgets/Tell_Kindle_buyers_Amazon_can_delete_your_books

Amazon's use of DRM gives them total control over the software, and the
books, on every user's Kindle.  And the fact that we're talking
something as personal as a book on your virtual bookshelf reminds us
that basic freedoms we've taken for granted are threatened as soon as we
depend on DRM-laden devices and media.

Come and help us save potential Kindle buyers from being Swindled, on
Amazon's own site.  We'll be tagging the Kindle as "defective by design"
and "1984", and we'll be writing persuasive, honest, 1-star reviews.

Act now: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248
Digg it:
http://digg.com/gadgets/Tell_Kindle_buyers_Amazon_can_delete_your_books

Over the coming weeks, we'll be selecting more DRM-infected products for
the tags and the 1-star reviews they deserve.  We're looking for hot new
products, or products that make particularly appalling use of DRM.  If
you'd like to suggest one, email us at info at defectivebydesign.org.

Thanks for all you do, and stay tuned!

Sincerely,
John, Matt, Holmes, Sarah, and Peter
DRM Elimination Team