Amazon remotely deletes 1984
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-kindle-1984
Amazon Kindle users surprised by 'Big Brother' move
Bobbie Johnson, San Francisco
guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 July 2009 23.39 BST
Excerpt:
Owners of Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader have received a nasty surprise, after discovering that copies of books by George Orwell had been deleted from their gadgets without their knowledge.
The books - downloaded from Amazon.com by American Kindle users - were remotely deleted after what the US company says was a request by the publisher, MobileReference.com.
Amazon refunded the cost of the books, but told affected customers they could no longer read the books and that the titles were "no longer available for purchase".
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