The main issue isn't this particular lock out; it's that Google feels it's correct to police documents and lock out users in the first place. Honestly, at this point, if you're using cloud products and lose your data, the fault is solely your own. People should know better than to use tools like this for important data. For example, as a writer of fiction, Google makes it abundantly clear in their Google docs terms that fiction is simply not allowed based on their random criteria (see article for details). My point is that technical people have various solutions to this problem while non technical people are generally left behind. Even emailing a copy to oneself is not always a good backup solution (especially if Google is you email provider). As the world gets more digital, I see only regulation by law that can prevent companies like Google from being judge, jury, and executioner of their users' accounts.