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Originally Posted by haertig
So you're saying, "I bought it officially from Amazon" is not a defense against "receiving stolen property"?
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I've no idea from a legal standpoint. But from a practical standpoint, I can almost guarantee that no one is going to bash in your door to arrest you for buying an ebook from Amazon
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Originally Posted by haertig
eBooks by their nature (because they include DRM), are "fulfilled by Amazon"
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Not all ebooks sold by Amazon include DRM. Any publisher is free to request that theirs don't.
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Originally Posted by haertig
The reason I buy things from Amazon is because I thought that gave them some kind of legitimacy (not "sold and shipped by a 3rd party", but "sold and/or fulfilled by Amazon"). eBooks by their nature (because they include DRM), are "fulfilled by Amazon". AFAIK, Amazon is THE biggest eBook retailer out there. And we can't trust what they're selling us to be legal??? This is so bizarre as to be unbelievable.
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Welcome to the digital age. There's pirated material being sold by every ebook retailer out there.