Title: The Kindle---an object lesson in DRM (Digital Restrictions Management)
Product review: Unfortunately, books you ``buy'' for the Kindle are not yours. They can be taken away from you at any time. Witness Amazon's ``disappearing'' of (ahem!) _1984_ and _Animal Farm_ last week. (Just Google for ``amazon 1984''.)It turns out those books were removed because they are still copyrighted in the U.S. (Though not in Canada, among other countries.)This changes the situation not in the least. It matters not _why_ the books were removed. All that counts is that they _were_ removed. Amazon can do this with any book, at any time, for any reason. Ask Amazon for a refund. (For an example of a true horror story, look at the first one-star review.)Don't kid yourself---you don't buy books for Kindle, you rent them for an indeterminate length of time. Buying a Kindle means you're putting yourself at the mercy of Amazon---not my idea of a good thing.
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