There are no other words than “stupid” or “insane” to the recent PR stunt of the US Authors Guild calling Amazon Kinlde’s text to speech technology “illegal” (see http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/02/10/authors-guild-claims.html). It’s most likely the Germans will follow suit.
This alleged “audio right” isn’t.
It’s like reading abook using glasses. But I’m sure you’d find a […]
Stupid: Authors Guild Text-to-Speech Illegal
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