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NEWS ABOUT: George Orwell

George Orwell stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Customers who had their paid-for copies of 1984 and Animal Farm yanked from their Kindles over a copyright issue are taking Amazon to court, InformationWeek reports. The company has apologized for its action and vowed not to repeat it, but the plaintiffs, who include a high school student whose homework... More »

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copyright • lawsuit • George Orwell • Kindle • Amazon.com • ebooks • e-readers

Amazon Goes Orwellian
on Kindle

Company deletes customers' downloads of 1984, Animal Farm

Jul 18, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon turned into Big Brother this week after mistakenly selling pirated copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm to Kindle users, Ars Technica reports. The company, without warning, remotely deleted the books from customers' devices after discovering the publisher didn't have the rights to sell them. Customers who lost... More »

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copyright • George Orwell • Kindle • Amazon.com • ebooks • e-readers

(Newser) - A one-eyed documentarian is planning a film on privacy shot using a camera implanted in his prosthetic organ, the AP reports. Rob Spence, who plans to become a "human surveillance machine," got the idea when he realized how small his cellphone camera was. His eye muscles will move... More »

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weird • privacy • George Orwell • eyes • prosthetics • hidden camera • documentary film • Rob Spence

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Admit It, Mac, You Misspoke

Hopeful flubbed on troop math and 'quiet' Mosul—but keeps pleading his case

May 30, 08 7:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has been dabbling in truthiness this week, Michael Dobbs blogs in the Washington Post. McCain said US troops were “drawn down to pre-surge levels" in Iraq, and cities like Mosul were "quiet"—but in fact, troop levels remain higher than before the surge, and... More »

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Iraq • John McCain • troop surge • George Orwell • Iraq war • doublespeak

Big Brother Indeed: Orwell Prank Ends in Arrests

Takeover PA system leads to sit-in protest at Mass. high school

May 22, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - What appears to be a senior prank that saw students commandeer the public-address system at a Massachusetts high school to read George Orwell (or perhaps Fidel Castro) ended with arrests and protests yesterday, the New Bedford Standard-Times reports. More »

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education • high school • Fidel Castro • protests • George Orwell • civil disobedience • sit-in

Don't Know Much About History...

US teens have big holes in history, lit education: study

Feb 26, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - US teens know little history and less literature, says a study out today. Only 52% of 17-year-olds could name the theme of George Orwell's 1984, and 43% knew when the Civil War was fought. Students faired far better on topics that schools cover, however, such as Pearl Harbor and Martin... More »

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education • literature • history • student • Martin Luther King Jr. • Civil War • George Orwell • Pearl Harbor

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