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Amazon offfers redelivery or $30 after deleting 1984

In July, Amazon set the cat among the pigeons by remotely deleting digital copies of two George Orwell books from Kindle readers. It took the deplorable step after it realized that unauthorized copies of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm were being sold on the Kindle Store. The ensuing hullabaloo haled Amazon into admitting its stupidity….

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Amazon offfers redelivery or $30 after deleting 1984

Disney Japan to offer movies on microSD cards

Starting in the fall, Disney Japan will begin selling DVDs that include movies on microSD cards that can be easily inserted into mobile phones and other devices for playback. The digital copies will be of similar quality to current digital copies that come on discs or are available via download from iTunes . The DVDs with added microSD cards will cost ¥1,000 ($11 USD) more than the DVDs without it however, adding a heavy premium for the digital copy.

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Disney Japan to offer movies on microSD cards