Yesterday we wrote how someone's Kindle was wiped, today we can report that her account is mysteriously re-activated which means she has her 50 books, stored on the Kindle back. Amazon has also posted on their customer forum that the account status on Amazon.com shouldn't affect the books on the Kindle. In other words, if your Amazon account is deactivated you shouldn't lose your books. That's good news and this case seems to be a mistake that shouldn't have happened.
Unfortunately the case required some press attention before it was solved. We've also learnt from it that although this happened by mistake, Amazon is able to wipe your e-books remotely, whether it is by accident or on purpose. This makes clear that if you purchase an e-book on Amazon, you might feel the owner of it, but in fact you just have it as long as Amazon wants you to have it, they're in full control due to their DRM. We've seen a lot of DRM come and go, we wonder when Amazon will decide to really let you own your e-books.
