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Originally Posted by estral
If Microsoft announced an eReader with the following policies, how would the ePublishing community react?
1. You do not purchase anything, all product is sold under a revokable license.
2. Your reader can be controlled and DISABLED remotely at the discression of the seller
3. Contents can be controlled remotely with features turned on and off at the will of the seller.
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Funny timing, but I just read that Microsoft was granted a patent today on intentionally crippling the functionality of an operating system by "making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user's ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer' until an 'agreed upon sum of money' is paid to 'unlock or otherwise make available the restricted functionality."
Sounds like 1, 2, and 3 right there. Doing it is one thing, but actually applying for a patent on it?
