When Will Michelle Obama Write Her Book?
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Author’s Guild Says Kindle’s Text-To-Speech Software Illegal
Mike writes ”The Author’s Guild claims that the new Kindle’s text-to-speech software is illegal, stating that ”They don’t have the right to read a book out loud,” said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. ”That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.” Forget for a moment that text-to-speech doesn’t copy an existing work. And forget the odd notion that the artificial enunciation of plain text is equivalent to a person’s nuanced and emotive reading. The Guild’s claim is that even to read out loud is a production akin to an illegal copy, or a public performance.” of this story at Slashdot.
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