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Originally Posted by Mike L
They'd have to show that they suffered a loss of that magnitude.
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Not really. Remember, this never went to trial, so the student didn't have to show any real loss either. Amazon has already set the precedent that they are willing to give payouts when this happens. That's like waving a red cape in front of a bull. If they decided to delete eBooks in a similar manner again, regardless of the frivolity, there are likely to be thousands of such lawsuits. Everyone will be hoping they're the next ones to cash in just like this student did. Whether or not Amazon looses any of the cases, just defending themselves is going to cost them a significant amount of money.
If they ever even think of doing this again, you can bet that their lawyers are going to point to that settlement and tell them that they'd better get their check books out before hitting "delete", probably for WAY more than $150K.