Bobbie Johnson reports on Amazon's deletion of paid-for Kindle content | Technology | The Guardian

Bobbie Johnson reports on Amazon's deletion of paid-for Kindle content | Technology | The Guardian: "Whatever the case, it is clear our relationship with digital information is changing and – with or without our knowledge – we are rapidly moving from a world of consumers and owners to one of subscribers and renters. Whether we are ready for that transition remains to be seen.
'I think it's a fundamental question, and it shows a big disconnect between what the lawyers inside some of these companies think they're doing and what the purchasers of these products think they're buying,' says the EFF's Cindy Cohn. 'Our view is that, to the extent that we're going to harmonise it, we need to harmonise it in favour of people's expectations – and not of a lawyer's tricky legal drafting game.'"