All books are equal, but some books are more equal than others.
Amazon removed the books of the famous English author George Orwell “1984” and “Animal Farm” from their Kindle devices. And this was done completely invisible to users, the texts just evaporated from the devices, and the money returned to the accounts, as if nothing had happened. Amazon says that such cases are rare, and will try not to repeat it in the future, but there are no rules on this subject, everything is determined by the decision of Amazon. We will not go into the details of the relationship of Amazon and the publisher, and who stole a coat from someone, but simply analyze the situation.
Particularly piquant is created by the content that was removed, it’s not some third-rate detectives, but Oruel’s deeply philosophical works that are “about it”, where (1984) books and free exchange were banned. Where the story was removed and changed, as if nothing had happened. Where there are no rules, the whole life is determined by the Party.
1. War is Peace . The information that a person can receive is determined not by the author of the work, but by the “right holders”, it depends on the relationship that we can read, when and where. Their internal struggle is presented as a major victory in the content market, and the very state of the market is presented as something taken for granted.
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2. Freedom is Slavery . We were given devices on which we can read any books that we were allowed, of course. In reality, the device and the books are not ours, because we can’t manage the software in any way (we don’t know how it works inside), nor the books, Amazon always knows what we read, where and when, and can deprive us of this at any moment. But do not think, pressed the button and the permitted book in front of you.
3. Ignorance is strength . So far everyone does not care, while people, having received their $ .99 back and shrugging their shoulders, think, okay, I read something else, you can do absolutely anything with them.
* www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=1
* pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others
Particularly piquant is created by the content that was removed, it’s not some third-rate detectives, but Oruel’s deeply philosophical works that are “about it”, where (1984) books and free exchange were banned. Where the story was removed and changed, as if nothing had happened. Where there are no rules, the whole life is determined by the Party.
1. War is Peace . The information that a person can receive is determined not by the author of the work, but by the “right holders”, it depends on the relationship that we can read, when and where. Their internal struggle is presented as a major victory in the content market, and the very state of the market is presented as something taken for granted.
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2. Freedom is Slavery . We were given devices on which we can read any books that we were allowed, of course. In reality, the device and the books are not ours, because we can’t manage the software in any way (we don’t know how it works inside), nor the books, Amazon always knows what we read, where and when, and can deprive us of this at any moment. But do not think, pressed the button and the permitted book in front of you.
3. Ignorance is strength . So far everyone does not care, while people, having received their $ .99 back and shrugging their shoulders, think, okay, I read something else, you can do absolutely anything with them.
* www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=1
* pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/67325/
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