<p> <a href="http://tendentious.org/2009/02/if-it-werent-for-the-drm.html">Just a little shy of two months ago</a>, I noted that I really, really liked the looks of the Kindle 2, etc., but that I simply could not in good faith allow someone else to hold my content hostage via DRM.</p> <p> No doubt people scoffed at the possibility. Two months later, <a href="http://consumerist.com/5213774/amazon-can-ban-you-from-your-kindle-account-whenever-it-likes">it happened to someone</a>.</p> <p> And I&#39;m sure as hell never buying one.</p> <p> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/PAx7DLPBeGA/ive_been_saying_on_the.php">Via</a></p>

<p> …honestly, I&#39;d probably have already ordered a Kindle 2. It looks like it resolved all my aesthetic issues with the original Kindle, and watching Jeff Bezos sling one around on <em>The Daily Show</em>, it looks light and easy. Oh, to be able to easily search books. And all that jazz.</p> <p> But I&#39;ll be goddamned if I&#39;ll put myself in a position where someone can suddenly declare that I can&#39;t read the book I damned well paid for.</p>