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Amazon's playing Big Brother again, deleting books purchased on folkses Kindles.

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Dec 16 '10, 13:05

"When one reader called to get a refund for the book she no longer had access to, she was chastised by the Amazon customer service representative about the 'severity' of the book she�d chosen to purchase,"

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They went big brother when they deleted copies of 1984. I'm glad they didn't take this new content as literally. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 13:29 1
- With that, the company that uploaded 1984 to sell through Amazon didn't have the rights to do so. Amazon ended up in a lawsuit - TWuG Dec 16, 13:31
Can you copy them off the Kindle to a PC so they can't do this? -- nm - not2fast Dec 16, 13:26 1
- Depends on whether you crack the DRM, if not, then no. -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 13:27
Eff them. I'd love to be the chick calling in to complain that my copy of "But Daddy Likes It That Way" was no longer there. - Diva Dec 16, 13:18 2
- "You do know that title has extremely mature content. I'm really surprised someone would purchase that." -- nm - Amazon Agent Dec 16, 13:23 1
  - "F*ck you. Gimme my sh!t back." -- nm - Diva to Amazon Agent Dec 16, 13:24
As a business they have the right to dictate what they will and won't sell. The part I'd take issue with is removing content already purchased, but - TWuG Dec 16, 13:13 18
- It seems terribly inconsistant that they'd sell various motion pictures or professionally published books with similiar content. ALSO -- - Qale Dec 16, 13:16 12
  - I'm not familiar with the content of what Amazon took down. All we know is "incest" is what the authors are claiming - TWuG Dec 16, 13:18 5
    - I know. I'm kind of moving past the current story to an overall perception/case history of Amazon. If you recall they removed mine back in the day... - Qale Dec 16, 13:19 4
      - Actually, I don't recall. What happened with your book and how was it resolved? -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 13:22 3
        
        It, along with others with gay content, were removed for a time. It took a few weeks, Amazon eventually blamed it on a hacker that found a way to rig - Qale Dec 16, 13:26 2
        
        Ah, I recall that. I didn't remember you were caught up in it. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:29 1
        
        I certainly have made purchases from Amazon since. But I wouldn't buy a digital copy of a book via them, nor would I publish one again. - Qale Dec 16, 13:31
  - Finally: I've about had it with this whole "a couple of hundred of people flag something offensive" thanks to a social/political group, it gets banned - Qale Dec 16, 13:18
  - Or, you know, books. Like Flowers in the Attic, still available on their site. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:17 4
    - *ding* -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:19
    - You probably don't find it surprising V.C. Andrews is one of my influences do you. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:19 2
      - Ah! No, not really. :-) -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:20 1
        
        Also, Anne Rice and Alex Sanchez. :P -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:21
- I think it made it clear that it *did* happen. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:15
- it would be like Chapters going to your house and taking away a book you bought. They can sell what they want but once I buy it they can fvck right of -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:14 3
  - Except, as this article saus at the end, that only happened briefly as a "glitch". Whether it *was* a glitch is moot since the material was returned. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:21
  - it would be more like iTunes deleting neo-Nazi punk rock off your computer... if it happened. - TFox Dec 16, 13:15 1
    - We never get enough neo-Nazi punk rock played on the radio. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:20
If for nothing else, this feature will mean I'll never buy a Kindle. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 13:06 7
- If you think Sony, Kobo and Nook are immune, you are wrong.. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:16 1
  - Readers in general... I'm not enthused by the product yet. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 13:29
- word -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:14
- I noticed at the last second the update at the bottom says it was a "technical issue" and are back. More like an "oh shit we got caught" issue. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:08 3
  - I'm wondering if they've had these "Technical Issues" with any Sesame Street books? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 13:15 2
    - My guess is the technical issues arise out of stricter guidelines for self-published or explicit material. Something Sesame Street books wouldn't - TWuG Dec 16, 13:24
    - Only the ones with Katy Perry's breasts in them. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:16

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