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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 09 2013 @ 03:23 PM EDT |
Yes, if Microsoft closes the Nook infrastructure, making it impossible for the
current nook owners to get their books, it will be a very interesting
situation.
In some ways, I would love to see that happen, not because I dislike the nook,
but because it would force the Courts and society to really look at what is
happening with digital content.
Are we really buying the content? or are we just getting a license to read it as
long as it's profitable to the company we license it from?
Everything presented to the user says "buy this book", it doesn't say
"license limited rights to read this book under some conditions".
While this may be in the fine print when you buy the device, or sign up for the
store, but is that really enough?
I think that given the large number of people involved, and the large amount of
money they have spent, the courts would be far more likely to side with
consumers than with a new owner that has purchased the store and wants to close
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