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Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap

CEO Jeff Bezos said removing copies of e-books from customers’ Kindles was “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles.”

via Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap — Amazon Kindle — InformationWeek.

Listen to Jonathon Zittrain, talk about this issue. Addressed the issue of a “copy” v.s a “license” to use.

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