Student sues Amazon after Kindle deletes his homework
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:46 pm
It seems we have yet another reason to volley complaints in Amazon's directions. 17-year old high school Justin Gawronski had apparently been taking electronic notes and annotations on his Kindle for a summer assignment on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Yeah, you can probably guess where this is going -- after the retailer remotely pulled the plug on that particular version of the book, Gawronski's notes were lost in the ethers, rendered useless. The suit, which is seeking class action status, asks that Amazon be legally blocked from improperly accessing users' Kindles in the future and punitive damages for those affected by the deletion -- and if he asks nice, we're pretty sure Jeff would write his teacher a note.
Engadget
This is like me suing Microsoft Word for crashing and me losing all my homework because I did not save or back up my work. This is another valid reason for me to stick to reading my paper back novels. Atleast I won't have to worry about someone deleting my work remotely. Plus, if this student stuck with taking notes on lined paper and a pen this would not happen.
Engadget
This is like me suing Microsoft Word for crashing and me losing all my homework because I did not save or back up my work. This is another valid reason for me to stick to reading my paper back novels. Atleast I won't have to worry about someone deleting my work remotely. Plus, if this student stuck with taking notes on lined paper and a pen this would not happen.