Thread: Kindle user says Amazon remotely wiped her whole library [UPDATED: see first post]
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Old 11-13-2012, 08:43 AM   #294
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Originally Posted by MikeB1972 View Post
Sorry, are you saying that if I lend someone a hammer and they use it to rob a jewellery shop then I am responsible
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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious View Post
No, I am saying that -in exchange for the freedom to really own my media files (NOT a license to them) and do whatever I want with them (including giving them to other people of my choosing)- I would accept to be partly responsible if I make a wrong choice and some of these people decide to illegally distribute my files.
I don't quite understand why you say that MikeB1972 is wrong. In his example, he really owns the hammer (he doesn't have a licence), and in your proposed idea, you'd really own the files, instead of having a licence.

Why is there a difference between him giving someone his hammer and them doing something bad with it, and you giving someone your files and them doing something bad with them?
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