GlennF
- @kvanh @mamster I probably have to write a blog post about this...about 4 hours ago from Tweetie
- @kvanh @mamster If you receive stolen physical goods, police will come to your hose or bailiff (not goods owner) & collect them.about 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to kvanh
- @kvanh @mamster Let me posit Amazon handled this wrongly: they should have notified, explained particulars, offered replacement copy freeabout 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to kvanh
- @kvanh @mamster Tricky. Analogy doesn't work: physical goods are governed by a diff set of law about sales, rights than digitalabout 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to kvanh
- Okay, Amazon backpedals now; says they won't self-help in future; interesting. Their "lease not buy" content is a problem http://is.gd/1CP2habout 4 hours ago from Tweetie
- @alfwatt I agree there, but when © is still in effect, rightsholders have lots of rights, which I support. I don't support life + 75 yearsabout 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to alfwatt
- @kvanh Amazon doesn't have the rights to do that. There's no fine; the ©holder has tons of rights that they can assert over Amazon.about 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to kvanh
- @mamster Rrrr....yes, they can. Actually. Also, Madoff's investors who got a return...may have to pay that back.about 4 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mamster
- Someone wants to order duvert covers from me. I suppose I courd do thart.about 4 hours ago from Tweetie
- As an author, I want Amazon to remove copies of my book from your Kindle that weren't legal to be sold in the first place.about 6 hours ago from Tweetie
- Amazon can't let you keep Kindle books that they didn't have the rights to give you. That's basic honesty, ©law, decency. Sorry!about 6 hours ago from Tweetie
- Why Amazon went Big Brother on some Kindle e-books - http://arst.ch/4w6 (via @kenfisher) Thank you, Ars, for light rather than heat on thisabout 6 hours ago from Tweetie
- @mamster Sounds like a fetish some blog should cater to.about 7 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mamster
- @jeffcarlson We just tell door-to-door people first, somewhat politely, to fuck off; secondly, we never give money at the door. Ever.about 8 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to jeffcarlson
- @jsnell But Amazon distributes to Kindle exclusively in the US. Might be the problem. WIsh story had come out with reporting, not just bits.about 8 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to jsnell
- @Pogue I want to know if this is an Australia/US © issue over Orwell's rights. Not sure that "publisher" had rights to sell books on Kindle.about 9 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to Pogue
- @mamster They may have a legal problem. B/c they *lease*, may be obliged when © issues arise to delete. I'm not entirely symp or non-sympatabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mamster
- @nedley [homer simpson salivation sound here]about 10 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to nedley
- @mamster That gets tricky, tho'. With DRM-free MP3s, there's no "self-help" option that allows disabling, of course!about 10 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mamster
- @mamster If C&B were leasing it to you, then they might. Amazon isn't selling books on Kindle any more than Apple sells music on iTunes.about 10 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mamster
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- Name GlennF
- Location Seattle, WA
- Web http://wifinetnew...
- Bio Journalist, unsolicited pundit, Wi-Fi guy, father
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