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As the owner of 2 Kindles (original and a DX), I have a problem with this.
I really don't want Amazon dinking around on MY Kindle. That's right, it's mine. Any more than I want Microsoft dinking around on my PC, or Apple dinking around on my iPhone.
What Amazon should have done is this:
- removed the offending book from the Kindle Store
- paid the copyright owner the net profit from each book, or the net profit on the copyright owner's version of the ebook, whichever is greater
- left the retail customers alone
As has been pointed out elsewhere, what keeps Amazon from editing/replacing books? What if my New York Times is altered? I want to be able to trust Amazon, but only if they do NOT dink with what is on my device.
I know, they'll claim they have the right to delete pirated files. I say they don't (and I don't pirate files). I say they do have the right to revoke my ability to use Whispernet... but before they do that they'd better copy all of my Amazon purchases back over to my Kindle.
I think Amazon stepped on their cranks with this one.
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