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"The "you don't own your computer" paradigm is not merely wrong. It is violently, disastrously wrong, and the consequences of this error are likely to be felt for generations to come, unless steps are taken to prevent it."

"Ethics for Programmers: Primum non Nocere"

http://glyf.livejournal.com/46589.html

It's an interesting argument, if not a bit hyperbolic. It feels like book purchasing, but it's actually signing a contract for reading rights.

If they can get away with deleting my books, what's to keep Amazon from correcting newspaper articles?

Envision your five-month-old edition of NYT or WSJ, where it quotes Tim Geithner saying the stimulus package will take effect "almost immediately".

Then one day you find that quote corrected to read "within a year".

Paging Winston Smith ...

Book-banning's digital future