You'd think someone at Amazon would actually read some of the books they sell to their customers on the Kindle before, you know, actually deleting them ... but apparently no.
Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle
This little snippet says it all -
"Retailers of physical goods cannot, of course, force their way into a customer’s home to take back a purchase, no matter how bootlegged it turns out to be. Yet Amazon appears to maintain a unique tether to the digital content it sells for the Kindle"
I understand that another company uploaded a version of the book they may not have had rights to. But that doesn't change anything. You'd think Amazon would know their own technology better and handle the situation a bit more differently. You'd also think that, given that Amazon sells products online, they'd understand how the are different from other retailers who sell a physical product. That they can do this makes me wonder - does one really own what one is paying money for?
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