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Re:Amazon Puts Your $1000 Kindle Library 'On Hold,' Apologiz... by ajross on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @02:54PM (#3271452)
It's that an irrelevant technicality though? Say he reads only on his phone, and lost it. Does that make the case more or less important? What if some nice person buys him physical copies to replace the DRM'd ones? Does that get Amazon off the hook?

There's a principle here. The specifics aren't really the point.

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Re:Amazon Puts Your $1000 Kindle Library 'On Hold,' Apologiz... by azov on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @04:50PM (#3271906)
In principle I doubt anybody thinks that "trick you into paying for books, close your account, and run away with your money" is Amazon's new business model. Obviously it is some sort of mistake/miscommunication and they will eventially sort it out.

It's the details that make the story interesting.

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