A 17-year-old student is suing Internet giant Amazon.com for deleting his e-book copy of George Orwell’s 1984 –along with a series of electronic notes he’d written– from his Kindle device, according to the AP. In mid-July, Amazon deleted copies of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from users’ Kindle devices because it was discovered that those particular electronic editions were pirated (affected customers received a credit on their accounts). But high school student Justin D. Gawronski and adult reader Antoine J. Bruguier filed a lawsuit on July 30 in Seattle, claiming the Internet company never told its customers that it “possessed the ability or right to remotely delete digital content purchased through the Kindle Store.” Gawronski was nearly halfway through reading 1984 for a school assignment when both the novel and his personal notes vanished from his Kindle.
Jul 31
2009
05:42 PM ET
Amazon sued for deleting e-books from its Kindle device
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wow, talk about Big Brother watching you…
If Justin had finished reading “1984″, he would have realized that Big Brother Amazon could do anything.
Oh…the irony…
He should get extra credit for showing a real life example of 1984…..I love it
Big brother would not have given the money back
What ever happened to using good old fashioned pen and paper?
Wherever George Orwell is, he’s probably having a good laugh over this one.
seriously though – a lawsuit? come on people!
that’s insane that they can do that! I’d be so mad if apple deleted all my songs that i didn’t download from itunes… livid.
How ridiculous to sue over a book that was probably less than 10 dollars.
I’d be hacked off if all my notes had been deleted too. Delete the book…fine, but the notes are personal property. Notice that the item was going to be deleted would have been nice too.
He should have downloaded the Cliff Notes to his Kindle. It would have been a time saver.
Yogurt, take a chill pill. I am pretty sure the student was more annoyed at the deletion of his notes, rather than the book (which is pretty commonly available).