As I predicted, Amazon has come to a compromise with the publishers, and will now allow the copyright holder of any ebook available on Kindle to disable the speech feature.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
NEWS: Amazon yields on new Kindle 2 feature
A week or so ago, I showcased a legal argument between Amazon and audiobook publishers. The publishers felt that a "text-to-speech" feature in Amazon's new Kindle 2 that would read any ebook aloud infringed on the market of audiobooks.
As I predicted, Amazon has come to a compromise with the publishers, and will now allow the copyright holder of any ebook available on Kindle to disable the speech feature.
As I predicted, Amazon has come to a compromise with the publishers, and will now allow the copyright holder of any ebook available on Kindle to disable the speech feature.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
NEWS: Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech Legal Drama
I'm sure you've already heard reports about Amazon's new Kindle 2, a device that lets you store thousands of e-books on it's internal hard drive and read them on it's revolutionary electronic-ink screen.
Well, it seems that a new feature in the Kindle 2, previously unavailable in the first Kindle, may come under legal attack. Amazon decided to include a text-to-speech feature that will enable the Kindle 2 to read aloud any e-book.
This is a big no-no, because legal reps for audiobook companies feel that this may be a form of infringement.
Considering Amazon's prowess, I would have to believe that a decent percentage of all audiobooks sold go through Amazon. We will see in the near future how this one pans out. I anticipate some sort of a mutual agreement, I doubt the situation will get messy.
Well, it seems that a new feature in the Kindle 2, previously unavailable in the first Kindle, may come under legal attack. Amazon decided to include a text-to-speech feature that will enable the Kindle 2 to read aloud any e-book.
This is a big no-no, because legal reps for audiobook companies feel that this may be a form of infringement.
Considering Amazon's prowess, I would have to believe that a decent percentage of all audiobooks sold go through Amazon. We will see in the near future how this one pans out. I anticipate some sort of a mutual agreement, I doubt the situation will get messy.
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