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Feds Withdraw Amazon Subpoena

Judge bashes request for book-buyers records as 'Orwellian'

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2007 7:39 AM CST

(Newser) – Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking information on thousands of Amazon customers' book-buying habits, MarketWatch reports. The US Attorney's office had sought information on the purchasers of 24,000 used books in connection with a grand-jury probe of a third-party seller on Amazon. But...   Read full story »

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