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We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: 2) by Lagg on Thursday July 02 2020, @04:27PM

    by Lagg (105) on Thursday July 02 2020, @04:27PM (#1015438) Homepage Journal

    You're not being downmodded because you have secret knowledge and rightly call people shills.

    You're being downvoted because you have your head willfully up your own ass because the cold jungle of reality scares you. And you're starting to piss me off because weak little american pussies like you are costing me money and peace of mind in real life in lieu of dealing with that same cold reality I do.

    I'm not going away, reality isn't going away and no matter how many mental "defects" you and others come up to excuse your laziness. It does not work on me [soylentnews.org]. You bratty little fuckface, I will spank you and send you to your room.

    And let me tell you, hudson, I hope one of your kind decides to accost me on the street one of these times like your intellectually lazy preacher-asses are wont to do. I'm looking for a singular excuse and moment of opportunity to shove my fist up a stupid fucking american's ass. Then you'd have a reason to call me names.

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