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| Why did feds claim Kindle violates civil rights? |
| 2010-08-04 |
| Did you know the Justice Department threatened several universities with legal action because they took part in an experimental program to allow students to use the Amazon Kindle for textbooks? Last year, the schools -- among them Princeton, Arizona State and Case Western Reserve -- wanted to know if e-book readers would be more convenient and less costly than traditional textbooks. The environmentally conscious educators also wanted to reduce the huge amount of paper students use to print files from their laptops. It seemed like a promising idea until the universities got a letter from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, now under an aggressive new chief, Thomas Perez, telling them they were under investigation for possible violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 American soldiers are being disenfranchised AGAIN, but the DOJ is more concerned with an experiment to distribute Kindles to college students. Eric Holder is an ass. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-04 19:47 |
| #4 Glad to see all the big criminals are behind bars so the DOJ can focus on made up crimes. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-08-04 19:04 |
| #3 Doesn't the DOJ have better things to do? Not under Bambi's watch. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-04 14:37 |
| #2 DOJ's motto: We are everywhere, all the time meddling in the mundane affairs of Americans. If blind people can read Braille, cannot they not identify the buttons on Kindle that would convert text to speech. Is this not a technological fix or training fix rather than a legal fix? Doesn't the DOJ have better things to do? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-04 10:24 |
| #1 Unless Bin Laden starts issuing his fatwas in Braille, we should sue him under the ADA. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-04 05:54 |