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amelielasker.eth
@amelie
Today, February 26, Amazon takes away the right for people to download offline copies of their Kindle books. Today, we at /alexandria are debuting ebook download. Readers can download their copies of the @jakonrath Dark Thriller Collective, because they own them. Onchain means owning your ebooks.
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Tokenized Human
@tokenizedhuman
Not sure I understand what you are saying here. Amazon won't let you download a bought digital book unless the device you are using to read it is online?
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amelielasker.eth
@amelie
This article does a good job explaining what exactly is happening: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb Basically, the issue of not owning digital media can start with relatively small inconveniences like this, or like not being able to watch certain episodes or seasons of your favorite shows. But this problem has profound implications for equitable access to knowledge, the preservation of cultural works, and ultimately, the information access that democratic societies depend on. Digital retailers can (and do) decide to stop carrying parts of their libraries, and the people who “bought” those pieces of media are out of luck. They can (and do) make changes to digital media without notifying readers. Retailers can take away access to your account, and therefore to the media you bought. Governments can ban books. And now Amazon can make them disappear without warning or notification.
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Tokenized Human
@tokenizedhuman
okay thanks for clarifying. The risk of not actually owning the content and amazon being able to pull it whenever they felt like it has always been there. Not sure if it's illegal but should be.
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