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You're saying that disputing with Amazon will pull all your kindle books? I don't think that would fly in countries with consumer rights. Bear in mind this is also a Marketplace seller and not the real Amazon.



Steam happily bans accounts that make chargebacks, so it's apparently legal (or at least get-away-with-it-able) in the US. I'm really not willing to take that risk with Amazon.


You know, I think I just decided never to use Steam again. Thanks.


It doesn't in the EU. If Amazon wants to ban you, they can ban you from buying new content or using online interaction functionality, but all existing content has to stay accessible.

In a recent court case https://openjur.de/u/879923.html this exact topic was discussed in the EU.

It turns out, Amazon can not do this. Neither can Steam, Sony or Microsoft.

The court ruled that Amazon has to unban the account of the user, and give him access to all media he ever purchased again.

If your account gets banned, you might want to take a lawyer and cite this case - OLG Köln Az 6 U 90/15.




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