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Originally Posted by haertig
This was a sticky situation that Amazon got themselves into, not verifying copyright ownership of the book before selling it.
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Verifying copyright ownership isn’t as easy as it sounds. In the end it is up to the copyright holder to assert their case in court.
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Originally Posted by haertig
I think they did good actually - what else would you expect them to do?
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Amazon did change their attitude after that incident. Now they will stop selling a book once the copyright is challenged but will no longer remove sold copies. That is better for Amazon and its customers but not for copyright holders.
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Originally Posted by haertig
They tipped their hand at the control they have over your Kindle.
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Amazon’s power was always clear to many of us. Still I believe that most of their customers give no thought to the possibility of losing access to their purchased Kindle books. Buy, read, forget is the most common situation.