Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by detaro on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:30AM
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> So if Amazon decide that some company is a dangerous competitor to them, and that company uses AWS, then they could just immediately shut down their competitor, because they could find some "hate content" on their website.
That's in the TOS, yes. Or actually, a lot more broader: activities "that may be harmful to others, our operations or reputation," are reasons for termination. (EDIT: I now actually wonder if they grant large customers with specially negotiated deals explicit changes to these terms - if you do a large multi-year contract, surely your lawyers would want some more security on that)
Re your example, at least from a quick look at the search results, the versions of "Mein Kampf" Amazon.de offers are all legal to sell in Germany. (Its legal status was and is ... somewhat complicated, changed in recent years due to copyright expiring, and "it's banned" is not quite accurate)
That's in the TOS, yes. Or actually, a lot more broader: activities "that may be harmful to others, our operations or reputation," are reasons for termination. (EDIT: I now actually wonder if they grant large customers with specially negotiated deals explicit changes to these terms - if you do a large multi-year contract, surely your lawyers would want some more security on that)
Re your example, at least from a quick look at the search results, the versions of "Mein Kampf" Amazon.de offers are all legal to sell in Germany. (Its legal status was and is ... somewhat complicated, changed in recent years due to copyright expiring, and "it's banned" is not quite accurate)