No Rock And Roll Fun

THE RIGHTS ARE ALL WRONG: Of course, the great thing about mp3s is that they developed away from the record companies and the technology making arms of the record companies, which is why attempts to try and block off the format have failed so miserably - Sony came late to the table, too late to crush a format which is refreshingly difficult for them to control. They're trying to avoid that happening again, so it seems any new leaps forward are going to be built round the Digital Rights Management. So it is that Sony's new ebooks wipe themselves off after 60 days. Regardless of if you've finished or not. Imagine if you went to Waterstones to buy a copy of, say, Gravity's Rainbow and the shop said "Okay, madam, but make sure you read it quickly - the paper disintegrates after two months..."