Big Brother Deleted by…Corporate Big Brother?
Amazon has taken it upon itself to break into customers’ Kindles and surreptitiously erase copies of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell that it has deemed illegally obtained. Kindles are wireless reading devices sold by Amazon that store and display e-books and other digital information.
Amazon did not get permission from users to remove data but unilaterally made the decision to invade users’ collective privacy. Once media is recorded on someone’s personal device, it is effectively personal property and generally cannot be taken without a court order. What Amazon did is tantamount to vigilante justice.
Individuals' personal electronics are their own and their contents must be respected! I would be furious if a company skulked into my digital space and took what was rightfully mine! Furthermore, if these allegations are true, controversy could open up a whole can of censorship and/or freedom of speech worms. In the event of illicit activity, there are proper judicial channels and legal remedies available to those that have been truly wronged.
Consult an intellectual property attorney to properly enforce your copyrights!
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