Authors Guild to blind people.... Drop Dead (Kindle disabled)

Lost in CT

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:35 PM
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Authors Guild to blind people.... Drop Dead (Kindle disabled)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10185538-1.html

Aiken began criticizing Amazon soon after the Kindle 2's debut last month. He argued that the retailer was violating the author's copyright and was cutting them out of a potentially new and lucrative market.

On Friday, Amazon announced it would reconfigure the Kindle 2's systems to allow publishers to disable the text-to-speech function for titles of their choosing. However, the retailer made it clear in the announcement that it believed text-to-speech did not violate copyright.

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:13 PM
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1. The Luddites will always be with us

text to speech should be automatically included. Its not the same as an audiobook and is requried for the visually handicapped to "read".

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Lost in CT

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Tue Mar-03-09 10:28 PM
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2. The complaint is insane... I know it is a contract law issue.

But there is a difference between a software program and Ben Kingsley reading your book on tape.

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