On 23 October 2012 20:42, Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/
"A couple of days a go, my friend Linn sent me an e-mail, being very frustrated: Amazon just closed her account and wiped her Kindle. Without notice. Without explanation. This is DRM at it’s worst."
I thought Amazon was better then this and had learnt from the 1984 (George Orwell's) dramas. Obviously I was wrong :-(
Have seen some followup posts: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-did-amazon-close-a-womans-account-and-de... http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/10/rights-you-have-no-right... I haven't read in detail yet, seems to be pure speculation. There is also this: https://p.6core.net/p/hx5voap6k84ndcrn Where Amazon try to claim the story is spam. Assuming this URL isn't spam itself :-) -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>