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: 3, Interesting) by legont on Wednesday July 01 2020, @09:23PM
Let them do it. There is weak intellectual property protection out there, quite a few terrorists, and aggressive local businesses. I am sure either our new domestic or native foreign companies will do them in no time. It's just the practice should be that a traitor company never gets the US protection of any kind - ever.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.