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Josieb1 · 10-31-2015, 06:17 AM

I think this is a very grey area for Amazon. They sell content that can only be accessed as long as you either have a device registered to an Amazon account, and/or an Amazon account that is accessible. For Amazon to close an account and then block access (by the closure) to already paid for digital content should be illegal, but it probably isn't right now as we don't have any laws giving us rights over digital content. It's morally wrong though.

Regardless of the reason for closure unless the customer has done something illegal it should not cause them to lose access to digital paid for content, either straight away, or years later.

If this is Amazons policy then they a) should not sell DRMd content and b) should not sell devices that don't work properly without access to an Amazon account.

10-31-2015, 06:17 AM	#131
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,090 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra 2, Clara BW	I think this is a very grey area for Amazon. They sell content that can only be accessed as long as you either have a device registered to an Amazon account, and/or an Amazon account that is accessible. For Amazon to close an account and then block access (by the closure) to already paid for digital content should be illegal, but it probably isn't right now as we don't have any laws giving us rights over digital content. It's morally wrong though. Regardless of the reason for closure unless the customer has done something illegal it should not cause them to lose access to digital paid for content, either straight away, or years later. If this is Amazons policy then they a) should not sell DRMd content and b) should not sell devices that don't work properly without access to an Amazon account. Last edited by Josieb1; 10-31-2015 at 06:19 AM.