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Originally Posted by Vic333
This kind of agreement isn't uncommon for betas releases and prototypes. This product just happens to be one that makes it to the news.
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Can you give an example? It would be especially nice if it got to mass production to find the differences between agreements.
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Want to bet that the mass market product won't have these restrictions?
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I would like to hear why you think that the device won't be bought by more than a few geeks if the restrictions stay.
I was looking for a similar situation and found
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A couple of days a go, my friend Linn sent me an e-mail, being very frustrated: Amazon just closed her account and wiped her Kindle. Without notice. Without explanation. This is DRM at it’s worst.
Linn travels a lot and therefore has, or should I say had, a lot of books on her Kindle, purchased from Amazon. Suddenly, her Kindle was wiped and her account was closed. Being convinced that something wrong had happened, she sent an e-mail to Amazon, asking for help. This was the answer:
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Dear Linn [last name],
My name is Michael Murphy and I represent Executive Customer Relations within Amazon.co.uk. One of our mandates is to address the most acute account and order problems, and in this capacity your account and orders have been brought to my attention.
We have found your account is directly related to another which has been previously closed for abuse of our policies. As such, your Amazon.co.uk account has been closed and any open orders have been cancelled.
Per our Conditions of Use which state in part: Amazon.co.uk and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders at their sole discretion.
Please know that any attempt to open a new account will meet with the same action.
You may direct any questions to me at resolution-uk@amazon.co.uk.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Regards
Michael Murphy
Executive Customer Relations
Amazon.co.uk
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This answer was very confusing. Which account was he talking about? She had never had any other accounts at Amazon.
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So Amazon can just close the an account and wipe the device. We are talking about a mass market device. The Kindle sells pretty well, not just to a few geeks. How do you explain this?