Pirated copies of Orwell books pulled from Kindle
Found on PhysOrg on Friday, 17 July 2009
Users of Amazon.com's e-reader device were surprised and unsettled over the past day to receive notice that George Orwell works they had purchased, including "1984" and "Animal Farm," had been removed from their Kindle and their money refunded.
Herdener's explanation differed from what Kindle users were told by Amazon's customer service, which made no reference to piracy, but implied that the removal was the publisher's choice.
It's as if someone from your next door shop breaks into your house, takes whatever you bought the day before and leaves the money you paid. In the end, you don't have any financial loss, but the whole thing is pretty questionable. If I buy something, I want complete control over it; and that includes the decision to copy it, keep it or delete it when I want.