internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

Stop importing movies from Amazon

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Affects: Data Lead: @scottbarnes Needs: Investigation Priority: 3 Type: Bug
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Description

### Problem

Amazon uses ASINs for their digital content. We have imported mass amounts of streaming movie ASINs.

#### Evidence / Screenshot

#### Relevant URL(s)
For example, https://openlibrary.org/works/OL33887074W/Hands_of_Stone

### Reproducing the bug

1. Go to ...
2. Do ...

* Expected behavior:
* Actual behavior:

### Context

- Browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc):
- OS (Windows, Mac, etc):
- Logged in (Y/N): Y
- Environment (prod, dev, local): prod

### Notes from this Issue's Lead

#### Proposal & constraints

Stop importing streaming movies from Amazon.
#### Related files

Attached is a file with Work IDs reported by a volunteer.
[reported movies.txt](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/files/14668261/reported.movies.txt)

#### Stakeholders

@hornc

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