Re: Re: Amazon remotely deletes 1984

From: "bleepthisagain" 
> --- In [email protected], "auwg" <auwg@...> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-kindle-1984
>> Amazon Kindle users surprised by 'Big Brother' move
>> Bobbie Johnson, San Francisco
>> guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 July 2009 23.39 BST
>> 
>> Excerpt:
>> Owners of Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader have received a nasty surprise, after discovering that copies of books by George Orwell had been deleted from their gadgets without their knowledge.
>> 
>> The books - downloaded from Amazon.com by American Kindle users - were remotely deleted after what the US company says was a request by the publisher, MobileReference.com.
>> 
>> Amazon refunded the cost of the books, but told affected customers they could no longer read the books and that the titles were "no longer available for purchase".
>>
> I haven't read all the postings on this topic so if this is redundant I apologize.
> 
> When I studied commercial law years ago the uniform commercial code said that a good faith purchases from a merchant gave clear title even if the merchandise was stolen -any recourse was the responsibility of the merchant.  I know times have changed any copyright law might mandate  a different conclusion.  Anybody have current knowledge?
> 
> 

I tend to agree that is the likely criticism - so far as I can see copyright only applies as the reason for Amazon's ill-judged action. These fast buck merchants should never hang around this long ;-), unless they want to learn the fundamentals of service to the customer and honesty to the suppliers.

Joseph


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