World News
(2009-10-01)
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Big Brother isn't watching you anymore. Amazon dot com has settled a lawsuit involving its electronic book reader, the Kindle. The suit was filed by a high school student who sued the Seattle company over the remote deletion of certain books from his device.
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17-year-old Justin D. Gawronski sued Amazon after it erased copies of the George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from customers' Kindles in July.
Amazon cited a problem with rights to the books and issued refunds to buyers.
Gawronski's suit claimed removing "1984" from his Kindle made
electronic notes he had taken on the e-reader useless. He was
reading "1984" for a class.
In the settlement, which was filed this week in a U.S. District
Court in Seattle, Amazon agreed that it won't remotely delete books
from U.S. users' Kindles anymore, except in a few specified situations. A judge still has to approve the proposed deal.
Link to Plaintiff's News Release
Information on "1984" and "Animal Farm"
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