Comments on: Outlawed by Amazon DRM

By: Vanishing Kindle library raises questions about DRM | blur Technology

Vanishing Kindle library raises questions about DRM | blur Technology — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:50:05 +0000

[...] week, Martin Bekkelund reported that his Norwegian friend Linn Nygaard’s Amazon account had been disable…. Along with her personal information, Amazon had also wiped her Kindle e-reader. All the books she [...]

By: Bandita dal DRM di Amazon « Il neurone proteso

Bandita dal DRM di Amazon « Il neurone proteso — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:46:38 +0000

[...] e traduco questo post dal blog di Martin Bekkelund. Penso che sia un ottimo esempio delle potenzialità dei sistemi di protezione DRM sempre più [...]

By: DavidZ

DavidZ — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:42:15 +0000

“In addition, isn’t charge-backs one of the reasons Amazon may use to claim you’re a bad apple?”

Chargebacks are for fraud causes where you pay for something and then don’t get it. That’s exactly what Amazon did – she paid for something, but had it taken away by Amazon. So it seems like exactly the sort of situation chargebacks are for, the only difference being that we mistakenly think of Amazon as reputable.

By: DavidZ

DavidZ — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:37:59 +0000

There’s only one problem with your reasoning, if this story was false, then Amazon’s lawyers would already be going after this blog owner.

By: DavidZ

DavidZ — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:24:21 +0000

I own a software business, and from my perspective, Amazon is way out of line here – there is no moral circumstance under which you can sieze something back from a customer that has already been paid for – not without at least giving a refund. If a customer has paid for something, then they have paid for that thing.