Comments on: Microsoft Live Mesh vs. the Amazon Kindle and other e-book-related tech: Corporate megalomania in new wrappings? http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/23/microsoft-live-mesh-vs-the-amazon-kindle-system-and-other-e-book-related-technologies-corporate-megalomania-in-new-wrappings/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/23/microsoft-live-mesh-vs-the-amazon-kindle-system-and-other-e-book-related-technologies-corporate-megalomania-in-new-wrappings/comment-page-1/#comment-773851 David Rothman Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:40:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/23/microsoft-live-mesh-vs-the-amazon-kindle-system-and-other-e-book-related-technologies-corporate-megalomania-in-new-wrappings/#comment-773851 Amen, Richard. In fact, the <a href="http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/" rel="nofollow">TeleBlog post with the Seinfeld headline</a> includes that link. Appreciated your pickup of the details. So much for Microsoft's trustworthiness for content buyers, eh---at least in this case? Thanks, David Amen, Richard. In fact, the TeleBlog post with the Seinfeld headline includes that link. Appreciated your pickup of the details. So much for Microsoft’s trustworthiness for content buyers, eh—at least in this case?

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Richard Adin http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/23/microsoft-live-mesh-vs-the-amazon-kindle-system-and-other-e-book-related-technologies-corporate-megalomania-in-new-wrappings/comment-page-1/#comment-773830 Richard Adin Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:03:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/23/microsoft-live-mesh-vs-the-amazon-kindle-system-and-other-e-book-related-technologies-corporate-megalomania-in-new-wrappings/#comment-773830 Also worth noting about microsoft is this article from Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html) which says: "Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided that it's done supporting the service and will be turning off the MSN Music license servers by the end of this summer." Also worth noting about microsoft is this article from Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html) which says:

“Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft’s now-defunct MSN Music store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided that it’s done supporting the service and will be turning off the MSN Music license servers by the end of this summer.”

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