There are two sides to this: The theoretical - yes, you're right. It may be that the contract isn't airtight, though given that this appears to have been a gen

There are two sides to this: The theoretical - yes, you're right. It may be that the contract isn't airtight, though given that this appears to have been a genuine mistake rather than malice or profiteering on Amazon's part my suspicion is that the damage waiver isn't that unreasonable. The practical - $13,000 is nothing in the world of legal fees, no-one in their right mind would sue a multi-billion dollar company over such an amount, especially with a case that's not clear cut and that's the absolute maximum financial loss you can assign to it and there's a reasonable argument that the figure would be lower. Personally I think that Amazon should come to a goodwill settlement of a few thousand dollars with him but I suspect that's why I'm the one who hands over silly amounts of money to Jeff Bezos each month rather than the other way around.