We'll never get confirmation of this, but I am willing to guess that their (AC) legal department had a problem with the public disclosure of what they would consider possible trade secrets.
I'm sure that the person who let Red in on the details of how AC operates has been fired. Not only was the information disclosed, but more importantly, information about curtailing their restrictions was made public.
I'm sure he was provided some kind of cease and desist and that is why the ebooks are no longer for sale, why he won't be selling the new ebook he wrote, and why he cannot comment any longer about this thread.
I guess that as long as he doesn't violate that cease and desist, he'll be just fine. It's the "you keep quiet from here on out and we won't sue you" approach.
As far as the same questions being asked over and over and over again, the truth is that you do need to go through the thread. Use a tool like the 'Scrapbook' plug-in for Firefox to collect all of the important information. I started lurking through this thread when it was only a few pages less than this. I decided that I would go through and read all of Red's posts. I obtained a lot of great information and picked up a few gems along the way from others that Red responded to.
Do the same and help yourself. Not only will you find the answers to your questions, but you will pick up some great additional information and resources.
