Thread: Student sues Amazon after Kindle eats his homework
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Old 08-05-2009, 06:47 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
In this case, the rights holder *does* sell ebook versions; Amazon sells 1984 for ~$10 for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

So this wasn't a situation like the Rand or Rowling books, where the rights holder has, for whatever reasons, not released an ebook version--this is about people choosing the $1 version instead of the $10 version, and Amazon then realizing it didn't have the right to sell the $1 version through a different publisher.
I blame Amazon for this debacle. It is Amazon's fault for allowing unverified eBooks to be upload to the site and sold. For all we know, there could still be unauthorized ebook there. Amazon needs to stop allowing eBooks to be sold without first verifying them. Yes I know this will cause a lot more work for Amazon, but it will also solve these sort of problems and I do hope the homework kid wins.
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