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Originally Posted by theducks
Disallowing TTS by Authors and publishers is just the tip of the iceberg.
TTS is not a 'performance' (at least until it can do emotions as well as pronunciation). It is just another OUTPUT setting. Color, font size, font face... Voice.
I see this as just a further attempt to bolster sales of additional media. Like DRM, this is just another ploy to restrict a Purchaser from enjoying their media, when and wherever they please.
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^This.
I don't use that feature myself; but I think you are right here.
Putting extra effort into blocking features this way is, what is called an anti feature and already known from hard- and software markets.