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Old 08-05-2009, 04:11 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
Amazon's line of defense is (a) it wasn't a sale, but a lease under which we had the right to retrieve improperly conveyed property
No. If it's illegal when a person does it, it's illegal when a corporation does it.

Amazon illegally sold a book, thereby committing copyright infringement, and to remedy their actions they stole the eBooks back from their customers (in a far more real way than in which piracy can be seen as stealing).

Their providing an unrequested refund really does nothing to mitigate any of those things, regardless of whether or not it makes anybody feel better.

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