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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the gone-with-the-wind dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:54AM (#1015241)

    Pushing 60TB of this. The nice thing is I basically made my own netflix by accident. KODI manages the whole thing very nicely. I do not even have to use the 'piratey' bits of the KODI ecosystem. I own my stuff and it is amazing.

    What I was paying for cable per month a few years ago I can buy every month 5-10 seasons of some show and watch it without any commercials.

    With hollywood getting a hard on for altering movies now to remove 'problematic' things. I have a copy that reflects mostly the original intent of the movie. With a digital sub they can add/remove whatever they like and pat themselves on the back for the amazing job they did.