Elizabeth Hodges
George Mason University
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Legal and Ethical Issues


Legally, many are against the monopoly of Apple in the tablet and communication industry. Stephen Abram points out that the special glass used to create the tablet product continues to be pre-ordered by Apple, freezing out any other competitors' chance to create a similar product (2011). He also believes that Apple can ultimately control what information we have access to by what is offered (Abrams, Concerns about Technological Fragmentation, 2011). Abrams is worried about people accessing free information without the professional knowing. This applies to e-Books and e-Readers as well as access to applications made by Apple themselves. All in all, Abrams questions whether too much control has been given to only a few companies in the tablet industry.