A class action lawsuit filed today takes Amazon.com to task after the company deleted George Orwell books from customers Kindles.It suppose it's silly to point out that he could always just buy the print edition.
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The suit is being brought by Justin D. Gawronski, a 17-year-old high school student who had purchased Orwells 1984 to complete a summer homework assignment.
When Amazon deleted the book from his Kindle, it rendered the electronic notes he had taken worthless.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Jeff Bezos Ate My Homework
Remember last week when Amazon reached out its electronic tentacles and deleted copies of (heh) George Orwell books from customers' Kindles? Well, what if those e-books had been part of someone's homework? Don't take the law into your own handset, you take 'em to court:
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