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July 31, 2009

Student sues Amazon over deleted notes on Kindle

Remember how the deleted Orwell pissed everyone off last week? Well, it extra specially pissed off this kid who had put all his notes for school into the damn thing only to find them deleted along with the book itself. Pissed him off enough to sue douchebag Amazon over the schoolyard bully tactics. Who’s laughing now, Biff? Sniff, sniff… Junior, you make …someone… proud to be American. I hope this puts you through college.

Justin Gawronski, the Michigan high school student bringing the suit along with another Kindle user, had made “copious notes” on the version of “1984″ he was reading as a summer homework assignment, the suit said.

“After Amazon remotely deleted ‘1984,’ those notes were rendered useless because they no longer referenced the relevant parts of the book,” it said.

The suit claims Amazon had not disclosed to Kindle users previously that it had the ability to remotely delete content and asks the court to prevent the online retail giant from doing so in the future.

“Amazon has no more right to delete e-books from consumers’ Kindles and iPhones than it does to retrieve from its customers? homes paper books it sells and ships to consumers,” it said.

The suit seeks unspecified damages for Gawronski and other Kindle users whose digital books were erased.

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8 comments on “Student sues Amazon over deleted notes on Kindle”

  1. ZW says:

    I hope the judge gives Justin a B-.

  2. Lilian Nattel says:

    An interesting development. Amazing how amazon has so much clout even though it’s not actually profitable. Why doesn’t that filter through to the authors?

  3. Furious D says:

    Good for the student.

    I find the whole deletion of books by anyone, regardless of reason, creepy.

  4. Keith S. Wilson says:

    Well. I think the kid might have a point.

    Except that it’s the opposite argument used in mp3 downloading cases.

  5. Dave says:

    I’m pulling for the kid in this one. Imagine having your notes deleted off your notebook because IBM decided to delete something-or-other. Brutal.

  6. Andrew S says:

    The kid actually has a good case, I think.

    If a supplier sells illegal copies of a work through Amazon, the dispute is between Amazon, the supplier, and the copyright holder.

    If you buy a knockoff pair of jeans from a chain store, believing them to be genuine, the store manager has no right to come to your house and confiscate them, even if they compensate you.

    I’m betting Amazon will settle out of court.

  7. Heather says:

    I’m betting that his ‘what I did for my summer vacation’ report will get a good grade.

  8. Sheila DeChantal says:

    Love the books vs. kindle ….I am totally on the book side!

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