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Old 07-21-2009, 10:47 AM   #168
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Originally Posted by griffonwing View Post
So, we can assume now that anytime a PD book is uploaded for sale, if you purchase it, it will soon be deleted and you will be reimbursed. This should be a given. Any more outcry for this issue should be ignored.
Sorry, but... wrong.

Public domain laws vary from nation to nation, and are a bit complex. However, there are thousands of books in Amazon's store whose status as "public domain" are well established, are not getting pulled, and therefore not at risk.


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Originally Posted by griffonwing
NOW the issue is this. Amazon issued this statement first "Apparently, the publisher changed its mind about having electronic versions of Orwell's books. So Amazon removed them from the store..." according to Gizmodo.
As you should know by now, the initial statement is inaccurate and/or incomplete. The books in question were pulled because they were not in the public domain in the US, not because of a "publisher's whim."

Feel free to object to Amazon's behavior, but spare us the inaccurate FUD.
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