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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Sure, if you don't believe in being responsible for the consequences of your actions. Macmillian wanted to change Amazon's business model, and made threats. Macmillian's actions sparked the entire thing, and they're to blame for any harm they caused their own authors thereby.
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That argument might be defensible IF Amazon had limited their action to removing the buy buttons from the Kindle editions which the dispute referred to.
Amazon chose to extend the dispute by removing the buy buttons from PAPER books. This was Amazon's action and they are responsible for their own actions - not Macmillan.
Provocation does not absolve someone of responsibility for their own actions. It may explain or even excuse but it does not absolve.
Amazon is responsible for the harm they caused by the action they took.
As to whether Macmillan's agency system will work, that's up to the market to decide.