https://forgeover.com/tags/debacle-irony/ Recent content in Debacle Irony on Forgeover Hugo en-us Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:35:45 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/uncategorized/amazons-orwell-debacle-afterthought/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:02:54 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/uncategorized/amazons-orwell-debacle-afterthought/ <p>As the flame of this debacle grows dim, I find myself still bothered by the misrepresentation and poor fact checking done by fellow bloggers and reporters. Case in point…</p> <p>A lot of <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/kindle-drm/">people</a> are trying to link this unfortunate episode to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management">DRM</a>. While I oppose DRM, and think that Amazon has squandered what little possible benefit DRM offers the consumer, this is quite clearly <strong>not</strong> at DRM issue. Digital Rights Management is concerned with access control, and specifically  with limiting the ability of the consumer to copy and transmit copyrighted materials.  Most people dislike DRM (possibly without know much about it) and therefore bloggers and the media have co-opted the term in hopes of raising our hackles. I post this short afterthought in hopes of settling your DRM hackles back down, at least on this count.</p>