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Originally Posted by Neil
How about if I go onto Apple's servers and download a game.... I like the game and go to play it again and get email and a note from Apple that the game was in violation of copyright and I should delete any copies. Sure enough the game is no longer available for download. So, I delete my own copy because if I do not then I would be violating copyright -- not Apple at that point which has already removed the software from the computer they own.
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This isn't the main point of your post, so I appologize for diverting the topic... but in the above example Apple violated the copyright on the game, not you. When you say that you have to delete your own copy because if you don't you will be in violation of copyright, I do not believe that is correct. Apple would have violated it when they sold you a copy without the proper authorization. You, however, have done nothing wrong.
It's a common misunderstanding, but copyright law is about unauthorized distribution, it says nothing about the person receiving the content.
Back to the Amazon situation. Amazon is the one who can get in trouble for selling/distributing the eBook without the proper authorization. Kindle owners who bought those eBooks have not violated copyright. Amazon is likely deleting the eBooks to try and cover their own butts, not because the Kindle owners themselves are committing any infringement by possessing them.