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Whether or not amazon is really at fault, this still shows a serious flaw in our Copyright law. The fact that: 1. Someone still has a copyright on this book.
by j_baker 17y ago
Whether or not amazon is really at fault, this still shows a serious flaw in our Copyright law. The fact that:
1. Someone still has a copyright on this book.
2. That person can demand that everyone that bought a copy of it have their copy deleted.
...should prove that without question.
- potatolicious 17y agoI disagree with #2. #1 is a problem, but this scenario doesn't exemplify in a way that other more prominent cases already have (Mickey anyone?). As a copyright holder of course you have the right to go after people who have illegally copied your work. I see nothing wrong here. What I see wrong is the ability to preemptively delete this material without notifying the user first.
- joe_the_user 17y agoHow can you disagree with #2?? Someone had the copyright and they were clearly able to have the works deleted. QED. Maybe they weren't in their immediate legal rights merely by virtue of their copyright but their possession of the copyrights gave them enough other leverage to force Amazon to take the actions that they did. So by having the copyright, they were able to get the books erased.