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Article: Kindling our debts to the digital elite
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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THE WEEK IN BOOKS
Remember videos? Chunkily packaged to look like books, these
plastic cases filled with tape first gave us the idea that films and
TV shows could be acquired for enjoyment at will. Often, especially
with children's favourites, the ad campaigns would draw on phrases
such as "Yours to keep for ever". At the time, that sounded awesome.
Yes, you really could buy and store audio-visual entertainment, just
as with a book.
Videos went the way of all perishable kit, but time and
technology have blown in a very strange reversal. Now, millions of
PR dollars try to persuade us to forsake print-on-paper books.
Instead, those nice guys at Amazon and Google will let us browse or
withdraw ...
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