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If you buy a regular old book, CD or DVD, you can turn around and loan it to a friend, or sell it again. The right to pass it along is called the "first sale" doctrine. Digital books, music and movies are a different story though. Four students at Columbia Law School's Science and Technology Law Review looked at the particular issue of reselling and copying e-books downloaded to Amazon's Kindle or the Sony Reader, and came up with answers to a fundamental question: Are you buying a crippled license to intellectual property when you download, or are you buying an honest-to-God book?
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Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours
If you buy a regular old book, CD or DVD, you can turn around and loan it to a friend, or sell it again. The right to pass it along is called the "first sale" doctrine. Digital books, music and movies are a different story though. Four students at Columbia Law School's Science and Technology Law Review looked at the particular issue of reselling and copying e-books downloaded to Amazon's Kindle or the Sony Reader, and came up with answers to a fundamental question: Are you buying a crippled license to intellectual property when you download, or are you buying an honest-to-God book?
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Netronix E-Book To Have Touchscreen and Wi-Fi
Taiwanese manufacturer Netronix is promising a new spin on an old idea: putting a touchscreen on an the EB-100, an E-Ink-based e-book reader. We've actually seen the basic design before, in the gen-3 Cybook by Bookeen. But there was never promise of touchscreen, nor anything said about 802.11g Wi-Fi, which Netronix is also offering. The rest of the specs are pretty straightforward: 6" screen, SD card slot, support for PDF, RTF, TXT, HTML, MP3, AAC, and some image files. But as much as I enjoy the Kindle, a touchscreen interface may really be what's needed to bring mass appeal to the e-book concept. You hear me, Jeff Bezos? [Product Page via Tecnogadgets]
our kindle verdict
It's dumb to test the Amazon Kindle by sitting at a desk, pressing a lot of buttons. The real judgment as to its usefulness has to come after experiencing it throughout the week in three key real-life reading scenarios:
• In the bedroom
• On an airplane
• Atop the porcelain throne (yes, I'm talking about the toilet)
Join us as we take you where we don't like to take too many strangers, and experience the real-life Kindle review: More »
Amazon Kindle Real-Life Review (Verdict: Lightweight, Long Lasting and Easy to Grip... In Bed)
It's dumb to test the Amazon Kindle by sitting at a desk, pressing a lot of buttons. The real judgment as to its usefulness has to come after experiencing it throughout the week in three key real-life reading scenarios: • In the bedroom
• On an airplane
• Atop the porcelain throne (yes, I'm talking about the toilet)
Join us as we take you where we don't like to take too many strangers, and experience the real-life Kindle review: More »
1:00 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by tennwalker15067: What would Apple do? Exactly what I thought! I compare everything to "If Apple made that, it wouldn't be set up that way!" I can see an Apple version of Kindle with these features - state of more »
amazon kindle answers
We got a unit, played with it, and shot it from all angles including the hidden SD card slot and the surprise "pleather" protective case. In this post, NYC reporter Jen Hooker and I answer many of your most pressing questions—hell, maybe all of them—including browsing the web, playing music and transferring books and more:
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Amazon Kindle Hands-On and Questions Answered (Gallery)
We got a unit, played with it, and shot it from all angles including the hidden SD card slot and the surprise "pleather" protective case. In this post, NYC reporter Jen Hooker and I answer many of your most pressing questions—hell, maybe all of them—including browsing the web, playing music and transferring books and more:
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A literary tech site has spotted an alleged update to Sony's not-terribly-popular Reader. The PRS-505 doubles the memory capacity of the original PRS-500—it can now hold 160 books rather than 80. The new Reader also has an improved E-Ink screen, comes in a choice of colors and has a much smarter button layout and interface. But will any of this fussing actually help sell Readers?
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Sony Reader, New and Improved?
A literary tech site has spotted an alleged update to Sony's not-terribly-popular Reader. The PRS-505 doubles the memory capacity of the original PRS-500—it can now hold 160 books rather than 80. The new Reader also has an improved E-Ink screen, comes in a choice of colors and has a much smarter button layout and interface. But will any of this fussing actually help sell Readers?
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Sony Reader Pricing and Availability
Because we were scooping the rest of the world on the Sony Reader info, and posting numerous pics of it and its accessories, we couldn't quite release all the information at once earlier today, but now the embargo has lifted and we can tell you that the final pricing on the Sony reader will be $350, and it will be released in October. More »
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Sony Reader Q&A
Alexander Turcic sat down with a Sony product manager with a boatload of questions courtesy of the forumites over at Mobileread. Still wondering about the Sony Reader? This Q&A will likely answer all of your questions. Everything from file formats, PDF info, CONNECT service, power, operating system, audio, RSS and DRM are covered. More »
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