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Originally Posted by mgmueller
What will be the consequences, if he actually might win? There may be punitive damages. Amazon may change it's behaviour. But first of all, Amazon will increase the prices to recover (if it would be a significant penalty). And again: I'd hate to pay more, just because of a ridiculous lawsuit ,,,
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You don't believe that Amazon does not already charge all that the market will bear consistent with increasing it's market share?
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Originally Posted by mgmueller
... and -I repeat it- a fool who simply was sloppy and now tries to blame someone else. Or do you think, this guy is a knight in shining armor, fighting for the higher good?
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It is Amazon who is shifting the liability for it's negligence. They negligently allowed their marketing apparatus to distribute copyrighted material without the owner's consent. Instead of stepping up and acknowledging (and paying for) their negligence they are attempting to mitigate their damages by (possibly illegally) removing personally owed content from their customers personally owned devices.
Again, this is an issue for the courts to decide, and unless someone, regardless of motive, brings the issue to the courts, it will not be decided. This decision could be very far reaching in these times of instant communications.