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Amazon deleted more than just the books


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:24:47 -0400



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From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: July 18, 2009 10:15:05 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Amazon deleted more than just the books

See:

        Amazon Erases Orwell Books from Kindle Devices
        http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=1

which reads in part:

        Justin Gawronski, a 17-year-old from the Detroit area,
        was reading "1984" on his Kindle for a summer assignment
        and lost all his notes and annotations when the file
        vanished.  "They didn't just take a book back, they
        stole my work," he said.

Apparently some authors' rights are more equal than others.

---Rsk




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