[ProgressingAmerica]

Sure, I can see where the newer has some superior aspects, however I will say, the devaluation of the classics, the devaluation of the proven, and the devaluation of the original sources is in/of itself a problem. These problems should not be ignored. They should be addressed.

The thing about the newer is that I can't make any of those into a free open source audio book or do anything else with them. I'm completely locked out. With the newer books, I simply have to wait for "someone else", and if "someone else" declines to have additional media, well,

It sucks to be me now doesn't it?

I'm not waiting for other people. I'm not waiting for "someone else". I'm going to fix this problem.

It is a problem. That is affirmative. "Someone else" has proven, at least to me, to be unreliable. So "someone else" should just move aside in my opinion.

All of us have been relying on unreliable "someone elses" for far too long.

[daniel1212]

The thing about the newer is that I can't make any of those into a free open source audio book or do anything else with them. I'm completely locked out.

I hear you. I do not believe that any true believer should criminalize the copying of their material, nor charge for it, or at least not asking beyond the approx cost of such,