Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle Devices – NYTimes.com In a rather “Big Brotherish” move, Amazon.com recently removed access to 2 digital editions of books by George Orwell. On Friday, it was “1984†and another Orwell book, “Animal Farm,†that were dropped down the memory hole — by Amazon.com. In a move that angered customers …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
(For more on this idea and why I blog, please see this category.)