Why gadget makers wield a 'kill switch' - CNN.com

Why gadget makers wield a 'kill switch' - CNN.com: "Amazon didn't return requests for comment for this report.

'Print media, when you buy it and you have it in your house, it's yours,' said Mark Frauenfelder, a Boing Boing blogger who covered the Amazon case. He believes that episode 'points to a dangerous future, where you see some of the downsides of cloud storage, digital technology and closed systems -- where you have less control over the things that you paid for.'"