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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, you are distorting the facts. All that was lost was the ability to re-download the book, and no bookstore guarantees to store the book eternally for you. Once you've bought the book it's your responsibility to download it and keep it safe.
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Minor correction. The ebooks were removed from the devices as well.
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An Amazon spokesman, Drew Herdener, said in an e-mail message that the books were added to the Kindle store by a company that did not have rights to them, using a self-service function. “When we were notified of this by the rights holder, we removed the illegal copies from our systems and from customers’ devices, and refunded customers,” he said.
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Amazon sold books without the rights and tried to hit the undo key. You can't do that. The deed was done.