benlehman

Apparently the Kindle does a thing with pirated PDFs where it makes them disappear and then refunds you your money.

Now, this isn't really a bad thing. If it were possible to make all trafficked stolen goods in the world disappear and be replaced by a pile of cash that was exactly equal to the purchase price, that'd absolutely be a good thing. But it has electronic freedom hobbyists, uh, acting like total ninnies. Doing things like posting long off-topic screeds to role-playing game sites.

I read this and I think about all the people who write about the death of newspapers with a certain amount of glee: yeah, well, there you go... It's a new electronic world out here. Bits are not like physical objects: there are new rules. Adapt or die. This goes for individuals as well as for corporations. Don't like it? You could always just buy a paper copy.