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Originally Posted by jackie_w
But is it a "legal side effect"?
And I thought we were talking about Amazon who I don't believe are on the brink of going out of business, are they?
No arguments from me about a company's right to choose not to allow new purchases from any customer if they so wish. Nor about the common sense of backing up your digital content immediately if you know how.
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Well, I don't know.
But I suppose Amazon could legally make the argument that you purchased and downloaded the book, hence it was a valid purchase; that you don't really have a "right" to continued downloads, except through your continued acceptance of and cooperation with the terms of service, and that when you violate the terms of service and forfeit your not-really-a-right to an account, you also forfeit whatever right you had to continued downloads of your book.
That being said, even if it is legal I don't necessarily think it
should be legal
and also Amazon would be a fool to do so regardless, if it earns them bad PR.