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beware of the book snoops
Feds Cancel Amazon Customer ID Request
reads the headline over an AP story quoted at http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071127/D8T68B4O1.html.
The story goes on to say, in part: reads the headline over an AP story quoted at http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071127/D8T68B4O1.html.
Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc. . . ., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits from the government.
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