The Great Library of Amazonia 140
theodp writes "Amazon had a dream. To bring the world a modern-day Library of Alexandria. Apparently they had a second dream. To own the patents on it. Interestingly, fears of lost cookbook and reference text sales voiced by the Author's Guild are echoed in Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's patent application for the Suppression of features in digital images of content and a9.com CEO Udi Manber's follow up Access to electronic images of text based on user ownership of corresponding physical text, which discuss how one might block content from viewers who have no proof-of-purchase for a book on file with booksellers."
Say it ain't so. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yes, there's a reason (Score:4, Funny)
Pirahnas?
Of course. (Score:2, Funny)
Because this was an issue back in the day in the library of Alexandria too, with those pesky raiding marauders burning books without a proof of purchase on file from booksellers!
Re:Yes, there's a reason (Score:1, Funny)
Don't you want to know what customers also didn't buy?
Re:You have to own books first? (Score:4, Funny)
Now, now. That's no way to talk about Jeff Bezos.
Re:Allowing access to electronic version (Score:1, Funny)
I was with you up until that point...
Re:The thing about Alexandria . . . (Score:2, Funny)