Back in 2008, Pittsburghers Aaron and Christine Boring ( *yawn* ) began the process of suing Google for invasion of privacy after a Google Street View car trespassed 1,000 feet up their private drive (marked ‘NO TRESPASSING’) to take pictures. Finally, a settlement has been reached, with the Borings ( *Zzzzzzzzzz* ) being awarded the life-changing sum of $1. Demand all nickels! The Borings said in a statement released by Zegarelli that the amount of the judgment isn’t the issue. “This is one sweet dollar of vindication,” the statement said. “Google could have just sent us an apology letter in the very beginning, but chose to try to prove they had a legal right to be on our land. We are glad they finally gave up.” Both sides will pay their own attorney fees. Whoa whoa whoa — paying your own attorney fees?! So you spent thousands to win a single point-proving dollar? Somebody needs to learn how to pick their battles! Because I’m not gonna lie — this was a bad one. If this had been a Pokmon battle you should have chosen ‘Run’. Google admits trespassing in Pa., pays couple $1 [newsvine] Thanks to Bobo Smurfer, Eric and Melissa, who would have sued for a Google treasure map.

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Couple Wins Google Lawsuit, Awarded $1

In a case of art (programs) imitating life, here’s the real adobe photo shop . Get it? Because it’s an adobe photo shop. Now let’s head in there and get some old-timey pictures made. I get to be the whore in the bathtub with a shotgun! Adobe Photo Shop Spotted [techeblog] Thanks to Erica, who always poses at the card table with a Jack Daniels bottle. Ah yes, classic.

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I Smell A Lawsuit!: The Real Adobe Photoshop

A teen has filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon for remotely deleting a copy of George Orwell’s ‘1984′ off his Kindle without his knowledge or the right to do so. Justin D. Gawronski, 17, “now needs to recreate all of his studies,” alleges the complaint filed Thursday in Seattle by the law firm KamberEdelson, LLC. Gawronski took copious notes using the Kindle that were linked to particular passages in the book, the court document says, and while those notes are still accessible, they are useless without the passages they reference. Amazon has apologized for remotely deleting copies of 1984 and another Orwell novel, Animal Farm, in mid-July without informing customers. Jay Edelson, the lead attorney in the lawsuit, said in a statement that the plaintiffs “appreciate Amazon.com’s new-found contrition, but words are not enough. Amazon.com had no more right to hack into people’s Kindles than its customers have the right to hack into Amazon’s bank account to recover a mistaken overpayment.” Now I’m not saying Amazon should have done that, but I am saying that Justin is pretty lazy for not just going back through the book and finding the passages again. Not that it matters anyways because I’m pretty sure this is just a sorry excuse for not having your homework ready on time. But seriously, one time my dog really did eat my homework. And by homework I mean weed. Amazon sued for wrecking teen’s Kindle work [msn] Thanks to Laura and Joemo, who would have just sent their teacher a corrupted file like a normal person.

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Teen Suing Amazon For Deleting Book From Kindle, Or, Why I Don’t Have My Homework