Amazon can delete all Kindle books without warning.
According to the rules of Amazon, the company has the right to close your account at any time and delete content from your device.
If you regard this possibility as a purely theoretical one, then it is completely in vain. A few days ago this is exactly what happened with a single user from Norway. Full correspondence with Amazon support can be found here: Outlawed by Amazon DRM .
The account has been deleted without notice and without explanation. A girl named Linn (Linn) wrote a letter to the support service asking for help to restore access. But she received a response from the Customer Relations department with the explanation that “this account is directly linked to another account that was previously closed for violating Amazon’s rules”.
According to the terms of use of the service (Conditions of Use), Amazon has the right to refuse to service, close accounts, delete or edit content, or cancel executed orders at their sole discretion.
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Lynn tried to assure that she always had only one account, and she bought a lot of books, which can be seen from her payment history. But all to no avail. The support representative explained that the decision was final and not negotiable. Of course, he also can not provide any additional information or evidence of communication with an unauthorized blocked account, as well as call this account or specify the item of the rules that was violated.
In theory, every Amazon / Apple / etc user can fall under the distribution. - Any company that uses DRM to protect digital content. Naturally, nobody will return the purchased content or the money spent, because DRM gives you the right to read books and watch movies, but does not give ownership of the files themselves.
UPD 23.10. Amazon reinstated the Linn Nygaard account , without explanation.
If you regard this possibility as a purely theoretical one, then it is completely in vain. A few days ago this is exactly what happened with a single user from Norway. Full correspondence with Amazon support can be found here: Outlawed by Amazon DRM .
The account has been deleted without notice and without explanation. A girl named Linn (Linn) wrote a letter to the support service asking for help to restore access. But she received a response from the Customer Relations department with the explanation that “this account is directly linked to another account that was previously closed for violating Amazon’s rules”.
According to the terms of use of the service (Conditions of Use), Amazon has the right to refuse to service, close accounts, delete or edit content, or cancel executed orders at their sole discretion.
')
Lynn tried to assure that she always had only one account, and she bought a lot of books, which can be seen from her payment history. But all to no avail. The support representative explained that the decision was final and not negotiable. Of course, he also can not provide any additional information or evidence of communication with an unauthorized blocked account, as well as call this account or specify the item of the rules that was violated.
In theory, every Amazon / Apple / etc user can fall under the distribution. - Any company that uses DRM to protect digital content. Naturally, nobody will return the purchased content or the money spent, because DRM gives you the right to read books and watch movies, but does not give ownership of the files themselves.
UPD 23.10. Amazon reinstated the Linn Nygaard account , without explanation.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/155643/
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