Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--8d88ea-We still have the same old fre/en

We still have the same old freedoms in using paper books and other analog media. But if e-books replace printed books, those freedoms will not transfer. Imagine: no more used book stores; no more lending a book to your friend; no more borrowing one from the public library&mdash;no more &ldquo;leaks&rdquo; that might give someone a chance to read without paying. No more purchasing a book anonymously with cash&mdash;you can only buy an e-book with a credit card, thus enabling computerized surveillance&mdash;and public libraries become retail outlets. That is the world the publishers want for us. If you buy the Amazon Kindle (we call it the Swindle) or the Sony Reader (we call it the Shreader for what it threatens to do to books), you pay to establish that world.