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Originally Posted by carld
You don't have a PHYSICAL COPY of the book, you have a license to use an electronic copy. And, as people keep insisting here, IP operates under different laws than physical property.
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The bits of data that were "1984" on someone's Kindle were physical property, and Amazon had no right to remove them from anywhere but its own servers, according to THEIR OWN POLICY. Quoted from NYT:
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Amazon's published terms of service agreement for the Kindle does not appear to give the company the right to delete purchases after they have been made. It says Amazon grants customers the right to keep a "permanent copy of the applicable digital content."
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Regardless of your opinion on the law and IP rights, Amazon broke their own terms.
But, taking US law into account:
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Under the "right of first sale" in the U.S., people can do whatever they like with a book after purchasing it, including giving it to a friend or reselling it. There is no option for a bookseller to take that book back once it's sold.
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There's hardly anything left to say on this subject. Amazon was wrong, admit it and let's move on.