[LINK] Amazon settles Kindle-Deletion lawsuit
Jan Whitaker
jwhit at janwhitaker.com
Sat Oct 3 08:08:50 AEST 2009
from Publishers Lunch
>Amazon Settles Kindle-Deletion Suit
>Amazon has reached a settlement agreement with the Michigan teenager
>who sued the retailer over the deletion of unauthorized editions of
>two George Orwell ebooks from Kindles in July. The suit was designed
>to acquire class-action status, but that became less of an issue
>"because of Amazon's offer to fully reimburse affected consumers for
>all works previously removed by Amazon from devices and to restore
>notes and annotations."
>
>Amazon will pay $150,000 to settle the suit--somewhat better than
>the $30 gift certificate offered to those who didn't sue--but the
>law firm agrees to donate its portion of the award to charity.
>Amazon also promises in the agreement, which still requires approval
>from a judge, to more strictly follow their own terms of service and
>agrees to "not remotely delete or modify" ebooks once purchased.
><http://click.publisherslunchdaily.com/cp/redirect.php?u=NTAwNnwzNDQ4OXxqd2hpdEBqYW53aGl0YWtlci5jb218MzQ2NDg5fDc2MDIyMjM2fDUzNDIzMw==&id=2288068>TechFlash
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