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... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.

Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow (2011). “Context”, p.102, Tachyon Publications
... the Kindle is a roach motel device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.