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Old 05-15-2009, 04:22 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
The easiest way to implement a "remote kill" is for Amazon to redownload the ebook with the TTS flag record included in the metadata. I have never heard of Amazon doing this, and I have heard of cases where an author updated an ebook and Amazon told them they could not push the corrected ebook to existing owners.
Based on personal testing, I've found that all previously purchased content remains TTS-enabled, even when re-downloaded. TTS-blocking appears to only affect purchases beginning this week and also includes samples.

The notion of a remote "kill switch" is the kind of fear-mongering you would expect from the likes of Faux News. There is absolutely no evidence supporting such a claim. I would look at all future posts from the source of this bogus rumor with a very wary eye.

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