Ahahahaha. . . um, haha? :/

[Aus_Snow]

I nearly went to check if it was (somehow!) April 1.

Ah, lost for words now. Just couldn't help posting this one, is all.

 

[Woas]

At least they credited their account for it. But it is pretty asinine.

 

[Blastin]

Wow.....That's just unbelievable. Talk about a press nightmare.

 

[Redrobes]

Yeah, just so that everyone knows (cos lets face it, this sort of thing should not be hidden) this is about Amazon, DRM, Kindle eBook readers and legit paid up users of said device getting the shaft.

 

[drothgery]

And also companies trying to sell things they don't actually have the legal right to sell.

 

[frankthedm]

And also companies trying to sell things they don't actually have the legal right to sell.

No, not from the consumer's standpoint. That is an issue for Amazon, the Lawbreaker and the Rights Holder. There is little difference between this and if Amazon broke into the customer's mailbox or house to take back a package. Leaving money behind in no way counteracts the violation.

 

[Mercutio01]

No, not from the consumer's standpoint. That is an issue for Amazon, the Lawbreaker and the Rights Holder. There is little difference between this and if Amazon broke into the customer's mailbox or house to take back a package. Leaving money behind in no way counteracts the violation.

You're right. In several court cases I remember reading about, courts have decided that consumers could keep goods that they had a reasonable right to think were purchased legally. Amazon could easily have just pulled the book from its inventory without erasing the books from consumers' Kindles. They could have then taken legal action against the people who illegally uploaded the books

 

[tenkar]

Thirteen page thread on it here at MobileRead

 

[Morrus]

The article is very misleading.

The copies purchased were pirated copies. When Amazon found out, it reversed the transactions.

The consumers didn't own the books because Amazon didn't have the authority to sell them. It was an invalid transaction; and so the books were removed and the purchasers refunded.

 

[Thanee]

The bigger question is... how friggin' stupid do you have to be to sell a pirated PDF via Amazon!?

That's like, I don't know, blackmailing someone and giving them your home address for the money delivery.

Bye
Thanee

P.S. This post is not meant to palliate or promote piracy (only when coupled with ninjas!) or blackmailing in any way.