10-23-2012, 12:04 PM | #91 | |
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"With 2.5Gb worth of storage space that in no way could we ever remotely delete books from." |
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10-23-2012, 12:11 PM | #92 |
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Would that count as theft, or is it piracy? Just wonderin'
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10-23-2012, 12:23 PM | #93 | |
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10-23-2012, 12:49 PM | #94 |
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10-23-2012, 01:08 PM | #95 | |
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In the US, even with her account re-opened, she might have grounds for a lawsuit against Amazon for the arbitrary closure of the account. (It'd be an expensive hassle to pursue, not worth it unless she has a lawyer-friend who wants to make a specific portfolio of cases.) Even a notice of "we can close your account at any time" doesn't mean "we can send you notice that you're in violation of the terms and close your account" when the customer is not; that's fraud. Amazon *does* have the right to just randomly close people's accounts for no reason at all. It can decide that it's no longer taking payments from Chase Bank credit cards, and close all those accounts. It can decide that customers with "Q" in their names are bad for the database, and close those accounts. It can decide that anyone who hasn't posted a review in the last year is useless, and close those accounts. Or 10% of them chosen at random. It cannot, however, inform those former customers that they broke the rules and *that's* why the account's being closed, at least, not legally. That's trying to hide their arbitrary decisions from those customers and whoever they talk to, to make it appear that Amazon acts in good faith with its customer base, so that other customers won't leave en masse. Communication designed to deceive in order to make profit is fraud. |
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10-23-2012, 01:30 PM | #96 | |
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They removed the books first, and informed after the fact, and only AFTER everyone pitched a fit. THAT'S what caused the problem. Just because they have the ability to do something like this, doesn't mean they should. At least not without proper notification. |
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10-23-2012, 01:34 PM | #97 |
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Hope she gets instructions to remove the DRM! At least for now she has her books back!
For over a yr I been trying to learn How to remove Amazon DRM. Scared the Hell out of me that Amazon had this control over ebooks I purchased [or any company for that matter!!] A few months ago another member here thru PMs & email helped me get calibre to work for me! Since then I actally Purchased MORE ebooks from amazon than I had the whole time I owned my K3!! I feel I can BUY & Back up my purchses at No Risk to losing anything IF Amazon decides out of the blue to close my account! These Companies dont seem to realise that Freedom from this type of fear means More money in their pockets! DROP DRM = MORE ebooks Purchsed More Money in the Companies Pockets! |
10-23-2012, 01:38 PM | #98 |
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Amazon is evil, I always knew it and that is why I never purchased a kindle. And the fact that kindles are totally not available in my country is purely coincidental ...
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10-23-2012, 02:34 PM | #99 | |
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[...] Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. [...] http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201014950 I'm not sure what it came down to in a case in court regarding fair use vs. those conditions, but that's what you signed up for. |
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10-23-2012, 02:43 PM | #100 | |
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It doesn't sound as if any wiping actually occurred. Graham |
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10-23-2012, 04:22 PM | #101 |
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hummm When my son broke my K3 Amazon didnt close my account. Thei still sounds fishy to me!
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10-23-2012, 04:55 PM | #103 |
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Sounds like she was gaming the system. Amazon doesn't operate where she is, meaning they don't have copyrights for that country. By using an email address in a different country, she is breaking the rules.
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10-23-2012, 05:21 PM | #104 |
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Amazon regularily sells to countries where they don't have country specific sites which is why they sell international Kindle's to over 100 countries. Haven't seen anything yet to say she was 'gaming the system' (maybe I missed it?).
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10-23-2012, 05:29 PM | #105 | |
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Amazon's Norway site redirects to the UK site; she apparently bought ebooks through that. |
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