High Schooler Takes Amazon to Task for Deletions
Amazon’s own Orwellian moment last spring may never be repeated, thanks to a high school student in Michigan named James Gawronski. According a document filed with the U.S. District Court in Seattle, first obtained by TechFlash, Gawronski sued Amazon in federal court after it deleted George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal House from everyone’s Kindles a few months back, claiming that his “copious notes” on 1984 were destroyed in the process. Amazon and Gawronski (plus an additional plaintiff) have now settled the matter. According to the court document, “Amazon will not remotely delete or modify” ebooks and other works from Kindles or similar devices “unless (a) the user consents to such deletion or modification; (b) the user requests a refund for…
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