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Old 07-19-2009, 02:42 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by Roy White View Post
Let's say someone swiped your Ereader or computer you spent hundreds or thousands on, then you spotted your property in the local Coffee shop being used by someone. So you confront that person and they say, "I bought this from a guy on the street! I got a great deal and it's mine becasue I bought it!" So you show him your name on the back and so on, proving it's yours. You go to the police and they say, "Yes that Ereader was once yours and was stolen from you but now since this other fellow "bought it" it's his and you are out of luck! Take a hike!"
One difference that disturbs me is that Amazon tampered with people's private property - their Kindles.
If you saw your stolen property through someone's living room window, are you entitled to enter their home without permission to retrieve it?
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