Re: Re: Amazon, 1984, "I, Robot"

Daniel,

I wish you'd blog this somewhere. I'd love to link to it. I have lots  
of friends who don't get what the big deal is.

dej

On Jul 22, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:

> Here's my understanding; let's assume for the sake of argument it's
> correct. Amazon's managing tens of thousands of titles. An oldish but
> famous book with complex copyright status was made available for sale
> via a channel that hadn't secured proper rights. Probably because the
> book was famous and of real commercial value, it got noticed. Amazon
> cancelled the sale, and due to the electronic characteristics of the
> sale was able to pull the book back, removing it from purchaser's
> Kindles. Amazon promptly refunded the money, so purchasers are not
> financially hurt. A small number of purchasers suffered a small
> amount of annoyance and inconvenience.
>
> This is a sort of Rorschach test.

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