Comments on: High schooler sues Amazon over homework mishap with Kindle device http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/02/high-schooler-sues-amazon-over-homework-mishap-with-kindle-device/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hugh http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/02/high-schooler-sues-amazon-over-homework-mishap-with-kindle-device/comment-page-1/#comment-199839 Hugh Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:30:53 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/02/high-schooler-sues-amazon-over-homework-mishap-with-kindle-device/#comment-199839 "A high-school student is on a rampage against Amazon after his book was deleted off of Kindle." "[...] off of [...]"? The "of" is *redundant*, and it should simply be "off". In any case, one does not "delete off", one "deletes from". “A high-school student is on a rampage against Amazon after his book was deleted off of Kindle.”

“[...] off of [...]“? The “of” is *redundant*, and it should simply be “off”. In any case, one does not “delete off”, one “deletes from”.

]]> By: Ralph http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/02/high-schooler-sues-amazon-over-homework-mishap-with-kindle-device/comment-page-1/#comment-199837 Ralph Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:20:21 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/08/02/high-schooler-sues-amazon-over-homework-mishap-with-kindle-device/#comment-199837 Unfortunately it took something like this to bring light to the public the problems with DRM and the ability for a company to remotely go into your own computer without your knowledge and delete something you bought outright. The rub here is that if the person in question obtained the book via a P2P or a torrent instead....they would still have the book in their computer. It will be interesting how this plays out. Unfortunately it took something like this to bring light to the public the problems with DRM and the ability for a company to remotely go into your own computer without your knowledge and delete something you bought outright.

The rub here is that if the person in question obtained the book via a P2P or a torrent instead….they would still have the book in their computer.

It will be interesting how this plays out.

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