03-14-2009, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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google : Amazon DMCA Kindle MobileRead
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03-14-2009, 08:40 PM | #2 |
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Very interesting. In a side note, I was at the SXSW Interactive Media Festival today ... on the tradeshow floor doing some networking, and every time I heard the word "Kindle" (which was quite often), it was quickly followed by the words "DMCA take-down notice" and "Mobileread."
I listened as people around me (with no input on my part, mind you) concluded with "Well, someone at Amazon is a complete [insert your own profanity here]!!" Gave me no end of giggles, I can tell you. |
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03-14-2009, 09:48 PM | #3 |
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Holy cow! That's lots of references to this story.
And Ricky, sounds like fun...which they had those kinds of things in Ohio! |
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It wasn't so much "fun" as it was fascinating. |
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03-14-2009, 10:48 PM | #5 |
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03-14-2009, 11:30 PM | #6 |
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Even if you take mobileread.com out of the search there are still over 1100 hits.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...om&btnG=Search BOb |
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