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Old 07-23-2009, 03:43 PM   #1
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"An Apology from Amazon"
Found this over on the Kindle Thread -- just posted today:

Wonder if he has been reading this forum! I'm actually rather impressed.

Initial post: Jul 23, 2009 12:16 PM PDT
Jeffrey P. Bezos says:

This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going forward, ones that match our mission.

With deep apology to our customers,

Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Amazon.com
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:55 PM   #2
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Found this over on the Kindle Thread -- just posted today:

Wonder if he has been reading this forum! I'm actually rather impressed.
Yep, not often you see people putting their hands up to a mistake - so hats off to him for that.
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Mr. Bezos, if you're reading this, I tip my hat to you, sir, for making a worthy and well-thought business decision.
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:02 PM   #5
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Found this over on the Kindle Thread -- just posted today:

Wonder if he has been reading this forum! I'm actually rather impressed.

Initial post: Jul 23, 2009 12:16 PM PDT
Jeffrey P. Bezos says:

This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going forward, ones that match our mission.

With deep apology to our customers,

Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Amazon.com
This is obviously sheer lunacy. They were entirely within their right to delete content they had sold and accepted money for, from the private storage of devices owned by their customers.

Perhaps somebody from the cool-headed crowd here at Mobileread.com can give this joker a clue. Is he new?!

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I'm glad he apologized. My biggest problem with the whole thing was that it affected the way a lot of people view the entire ebook market
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This is obviously sheer lunacy. They were entirely within their right to delete content they had sold and accepted money for, from the private storage of devices owned by their customers.

Perhaps somebody from the cool-headed crowd here at Mobileread.com can give this joker a clue. Is he new?!

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I have to agree. I think Amazon is setting themselves up for huge problems in the future.
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:09 PM   #8
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This is obviously sheer lunacy. They were entirely within their right to delete content they had sold and accepted money for, from the private storage of devices owned by their customers.

Perhaps somebody from the cool-headed crowd here at Mobileread.com can give this joker a clue. Is he new?!

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LOL


I'd like to think that this is a genuine post.

I'd also like to think that the "delete" decision was made by a first year attorney from a third rate law-school, who is now looking for work.
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:09 PM   #9
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:11 PM   #10
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Yep, why don't you right to them and tell them...?
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Well, apparently their new policy is that they will no longer be deleting content from Kindles.

I suspect that they are going to do the appropriate thing and screen the content that gets added to their website more carefully.
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LOL


I'd like to think that this is a genuine post.

I'd also like to think that the "delete" decision was made by a first year attorney from a third rate law-school, who is now looking for work.
If wishes were ponies, Sonist, we'd both be riding right about now.

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Seriously! What does this Bozo guy know about what Amazon's "mission" should be?!?
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:14 PM   #14
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Well, apparently their new policy is that they will no longer be deleting content from Kindles.

I suspect that they are going to do the appropriate thing and screen the content that gets added to their website more carefully.
And here I thought apologizing for their behavior was the most outrageous thing they could possibly do!!!

Screen the content they sell to make sure it's not illegal?!?!?!?!

I

WON'T

STAND

FOR

THAT

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What is this, Soviet Russia?

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Found this over on the Kindle Thread
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