Comments on: Amazon deletes Orwell titles from customers Kindles http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/07/amazon-deletes-orwell-titles-from-customers-kindles/ All Things Literature & Writing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Susan http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/07/amazon-deletes-orwell-titles-from-customers-kindles/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Susan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:16:58 +0000 http://www.bradsreader.com/?p=1088#comment-415 What, no commentary on the irony that this happened to the biggest of all "big brother" books, 1984? :-) And I agree, Amazon shouldn't have deleted the books. This is probably the worst possibly thing they could have done when they are already being criticized for the DRM scheme. I think if I was Amazon, I would have let the rights' holders sue me all they wanted before deleting content from customers' devices. What, no commentary on the irony that this happened to the biggest of all “big brother” books, 1984? :-)

And I agree, Amazon shouldn’t have deleted the books. This is probably the worst possibly thing they could have done when they are already being criticized for the DRM scheme. I think if I was Amazon, I would have let the rights’ holders sue me all they wanted before deleting content from customers’ devices.

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