No I completely understand that part.Read the articles you're posting. It's literally working against your case.
You don't have to be a Microsoft praetorian here - it's still digital rights management even if they don't call it that. I'll edit the OP when I get some spare time to remove the 24-hour check reference, but this is still a form of DRM that's triggered by a currently unknown factor.
I was rendering to the check in you originally thought this was about.
We've already been discussing the licensing things above, so I understand that part.
It is strange why they were kicked out so suddenly but it's (SEMI) understandable as to why it occurred.
As was stated, they don't really know what the hecky caused it to happen. But we will hopefully know soon enough whether it was just a weird fluke or some hidden case.