Isn't this solvable with a DMCA takedown notice? Amazon is legally required to respond to them. Sure, the fake seller might try to create a new product page and post it again, but I imagine they do this with a lot of books, and being just annoying enough might make them stop doing it to this particular book.
I suppose the fake seller could also counter-claim the takedown, and it might be difficult to find them in order to sue. I wonder if you could get a court order to force Amazon to take the listing down permanently, though, after all that.
> Isn't this solvable with a DMCA takedown notice?
Does DMCA apply? It is mostly about digital information on the provider's service and the article was about printed books. 17 USC 512(d) does provide for applying the DMCA takedown procedure "for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider referring or linking users to an online location containing infringing material or infringing activity, by using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link" and that doesn't say anything about the infringing material being referenced being digital.
I'm not sure though that linking/referencing/pointing to a seller of infringing physical books would be infringement. A brief search suggests that the law in this area is not yet clear.
I suppose the fake seller could also counter-claim the takedown, and it might be difficult to find them in order to sue. I wonder if you could get a court order to force Amazon to take the listing down permanently, though, after all that.