https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/
During 2019, Microsoft announced that it will close the books category of its digital store. While other software and apps will still be available via the virtual shop front, and on purchasers' consoles and devices, the closure of the eBook store takes with it customers' eBook libraries. Any digital books bought through the service – even those bought many years ago – will no longer be readable after July 2019. While the company has promised to provide a full refund for all eBook purchases, this decision raises important questions of ownership.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @05:52PM
one could conjure up a fictional plot where DRM is totally legally used to "vanish information", eh?
say a genius has a .. uhm ... err... genius idea (but s/he is a bit greedy).
thus a "deal is made with publisher or distributor (who is secretly in bed with a entity opposed to "the knowledge") for exclusive distribution rights and DRM (to "protect profits").
all goes well until it is revealed that it was m$ and its e(vaporate)Books format.
and thus the genius idea ... vanished