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Originally Posted by timezone
So what you are saying is if I invite you to my house you then have the option to take something of value from the house. You were invited and didn't break-in. Amazon removed an item from the Kindle that was purchased from them, a legitimate seller.
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I'd say a closer analogy is that you bought an item from a guy at your favorite coffee shop, not knowing the item was stolen. The authorities realize that a number of these items were sold at the coffee shop, so they keep an eye out. Sure enough, you come back into the coffee shop the next day sporting your hypothetical purchase and you get politely relieved of the item in question by the police. Perfectly legal - "your" item is now evidence in an investigation and in all likelihood you will never see it or the money you spent on it.
A purchaser of a stolen item is as much a victim as the person it was stolen from. Yes, that sucks (crime sucks!), but at least Amazon did their best to make it good and reduce the affect of the crime on the victims.