Major league rant re: Kindle?
I have a general idea as to what Kindle is.
Would I buy one? No. Don't need one, plan for one and have no desire to have one in my home.
The idea is cool, People that can't hold a book open, arthritis, disabilities and what else?
I Know that there are bad things about books, trees, paper and the enviroment...From what I understand you have to download and recharge this thing? What does that do to the enviroment.
Now that I have that out of the way, I read about how the company-let me grab the article. (it's in the news paper, where I get most of my news.....)
deleted copies of ANIMAL FARM and 1984 from the machines and also the notes some 17 year old student made on them. The suit was also filed by some adult in CA.
The deletions were because the e-copies were pirated and not authorized by the publishers.
Refunds were given to the users, but the deletions were made without the consumers being notified.
Why does everything have to be a lawsuit?
If that happened to me I'd run down to the book store, get a Cliff Note version, or heaven forbid, a copy of the book, two liter of Mountain Dew or some Red Bull and spend a few nights reading.
What is the cost in money, man hours (lawyers), court time and other expenses over a book and some notes deleted from a electronic clipboard?
I know it's the point, but why burn down a house because you have termites?
I had a friend that would do anything for a freebie.
We went to a concert at a dinner theater twice and both times he spent 20 minutes trying to "improve" out seating. The last time? He complained about the guy who was doing the seating and ended up with a pair of passes for dinner and a show.
He asked me to think about who I wanted to see next time and I declined the offer.
Another time he screwed up refinishing a table he owned, then got a refund from the home store who sold him the kit, then called the company who made the kit and had them refinish the job he screwed up.
There is no more consumer 'blame'.
Now, we don't call the company directly anymore, we call the Better Business Bureau, release a press statement then call a lawyer to sue the pants off of 'big industry' because you were 'clever' enough to put your homework onto a machine that can have memory/items/notes deleted.
Not the smartest thing to do, but what do you expect from a 49 and 17 year old that get a new toy?
A new copy of Orwell will cost about 7-8 bucks? A used copy off the web?
I know, it's the principle of the matter, but wasn't it easier just to say that the dog ate your assignment?
Oh, The dog has no assest to sue for!:mad::rolleyes::(
