Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: gaijin

I remember a story I read back when kindles first came out. There was a series of books offered for sale. They were public domain, and some company reassembled them and sold digital copies.

Only they weren’t in the public domain. The device manager deleted the books from the devices and refunded the purchase price. The consumer found out that the books were gone when the device was turned on.

Substitute “they contained hate speech” for “they weren’t in the public domain” and see where things will go with books, music and movies in the not so distant future.

(yes, I know they can be moved to other devices out of reach, but the majority doesn’t do that)


13 posted on 06/07/2019 4:09:32 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: LostInBayport
That incident did happen. The book in question was, ironically, Orwell's 1984.
14 posted on 06/07/2019 4:11:37 PM PDT by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson