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Kindle user sues over removed content |
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Written by Rob Squires
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Sunday, 02 August 2009 |
A SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT is suing Amazon.com for deleting an e-book he purchased for his Kindle reader. The lawsuit claims that his electronic notes were "rendered useless because they no longer referenced the relevant parts of the book," when Amazon deleted copies of George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from users e-reader devices.
Amazon CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos has apologized to Kindle customers for remotely removing copies of the George Orwell novels. Amazon.com removed the novels after learning the electronic editions were pirated, and it gave buyers automatic refunds. Amazon did so however without prior notice to users.
The lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle on behalf of Justin D. Gawronski, 17, a student at Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Mich., as well as Antoine J. Bruguier, an adult reader in Milpitas, Calif. |
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