I haven't ever bought or gotten anything free from Audiobooks.com, so I'm following the discussion very lightly and only getting the gist of things (
hopefully that much). Please keep that in mind, and deal with me mercifully if I'm wrong somewhere.
First, someone mentioned that you can still stream the titles that you have, but can't download them. I wonder if the following might be a workaround. I'll preface the remarks with this caveat--I've never used one of the programs that I'm about to mention. There exists software that lets you capture whatever you would ordinarily hear on your speakers or headphones, and turn it into MP3's and maybe other formats; Perhaps they are not even lossy. Audacity, a free, highly regarded audio program might be able to do the job; if not, there are a plethora of programs out there which will, many free. Yes, I know that it would be a pain in the gluteous maximus to have to copy your books this way, especially if you have more than a few.
Second, early on in the discussion someone mentioned, I think, that only the titles that they got
free were affected. If that is the case, the Audiobooks.com's CS response doesn't seem to make sense--they imply, at least, that
all books that the publishers lose rights to are removed. So, if that is true, not only would the free ones be affected, but also the ones that you bought. Have I missed something?
Oh, and this. There sounds like there is a lot of unfairness in the situation, especially if you lose, or lose ways to utilize, some of the audiobooks from Audiobooks.com. If I was a betting man (and I'm not), I would wager dollars to doughnuts that there is something in what was called the "terms and conditions" (or whatever it might be called) that permits Audiobooks to do what it is doing. You know, the thing that you (and I) never read, but just click that we've read it so we can get on with busines? The situation still might be unfair, but if what I said was true, we
were forewarned.