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Originally Posted by HansTWN
The buyer did absolutely nothing wrong, nobody says the buyer should be punished. But since Amazon had no legal right to sell the books, the buyer could not legally take ownership and must return (in this case, delete) his copy. The buyer retains the right to sue the person who uploaded the illegal books to Amazon for damages.
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The notion that the buyer does not take ownership and must return the copy does not exist anywhere in US copyright law. Are you confusing "selling stolen property" with "copyright infringement"? They are not the same thing, and have completely different laws which govern them.