It’ll take more than an apology by Jeff Bezos to make the problems caused by Amazon.com’s “1984″ fiasco and the resulting class action lawsuit go away. So says Paul Sweeting at GigaOm, who has written a great article echoing what many have been thinking in light of the “1984″ fallout – this is only the beginning of Amazon.com’s problems (or any book store selling a network-connected e-book reader for that matter):
Even if Amazon were to promise not to do it again (as part of a settlement with Gawronski, say) it won’t be possible to un-ring that bell. Amazon now will undoubtedly face demands (and perhaps court orders) in future copyright disputes to use its powers to zap the offending files en masse, thus turning unwitting Kindle users into legal cannon fodder. The capability could also land Amazon in the middle of the brewing controversy over software “kill switches,” which may soon come complete with subpoenas from the Federal Trade Commission and “invitations” to testify before Congress.
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