{"id":94,"date":"2009-07-18T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/amazon-kindles-outrage-with-ironic-removal-of-orwell-titles.html"},"modified":"2009-07-18T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T15:30:44","slug":"amazon-kindles-outrage-with-ironic-removal-of-orwell-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/amazon-kindles-outrage-with-ironic-removal-of-orwell-titles.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Kindles Outrage With Ironic Removal of Orwell Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve coveted the Kindle<\/a> since Amazon first came out with them. My apartment is overflowing with books, and I’m forced to carry an ENORMOUS purse to and fro because I refuse to leave the house without a book. I literally don’t want to spend a second in a waiting room or on line for a movie without reading material. I’d go nuts without novels, bonkers without biographies, pine for lack of prose… yeah, yeah, you get the idea.<\/div>\n
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So far, I haven’t been able to justify the expense of the Kindle, but every time I see someone handling one on the subway, I sigh a little and turn green with envy. But after today, perhaps less so?<\/div>\n
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According to reports<\/a>, after discovering a third-party had unlawfully made two Orwell titles available to users (1984<\/span> and Animal Farm<\/span>), Amazon simply deleted them from users’ accounts without notice and refunded their money. Subscribers, naturally enough, reacted with outrage and surprise. I would too!<\/div>\n
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I mean, seriously, would Amazon come to your house<\/span> in the dead of the night and ‘remove’ a brick-and-mortar copy of the book if they discovered it was a pirated edition? I think not! <\/div>\n
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Many users complained they’d made notes on their copies, which were now lost. But it’s the invasion of the privacy on Amazon’s part that I think abused their customers’ trust the most. Nowhere in their terms of service agreement<\/a> does it say they reserve the right to ‘backsies’ on their books. <\/div>\n
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C’mon, Amazon. At least<\/span> have the decency to issue a product recall of sorts; send out a broadcast letting people know you’re going to do it, etc. While the author’s estate has a right not to be pilfered, users should feel as secure in their electronic property as they do in their physical property. <\/div>\n
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Safe to say, you’re getting a wag of the finger from me on this Orwellian ethical no-no.<\/div>\n
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