You may remember that a student sued amazon for removing Orwell's Nineteen Eightyfour from his Kindle, together with his notes, which were needed for a school project.
He's now won $150k from Amazon:
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A student who sued Amazon for deleting George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four from his Kindle ebook, rendering his notes useless, has won $150,000 along with protection for other Kindle users.
The agreement (pdf), which was spotted by Seattle's TechFlash, effectively prevents Amazon reaching out and deleting or modifying works in future. However, as a negotiated agreement it doesn't carry a legal precedent; and Amazon isn't admitting that it broke the law, or even the terms of service, by deleting the work.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/02/kindle_pay_off/