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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Amazon can and does disable the text-to-speech on individual books when they are "ordered" to by the publishers. Even retroactively, after you've "bought" it. There are threads about it here on MobileRead that you can search down. The Kindle could read any of your books out loud, but you are restrained from doing so if the publisher doesn't want you to. Which is why I'd never want a reader tied to a specific store, and one where someone has access to it's contents. This is what I have been saying this entire thread-- TPTB in the entertainment industries are the ENEMIES of the general public, and having them making the laws is a VERY BAD THING.
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I agree completely! We need open communication and approval of any laws which affect the general public.