So, basically, anything that turns printed text into audio, without being a licensed audio book, is a violation of copyright. I guess that means I should be reporting a whole lot of elementary teachers, not to mention all the evil devices that blind people use to read text, such as screen readers. Come to think of it, sometimes I enjoy reading passages in a book aloud while I am going through them. I’ve been breaking the law? Well, crap.

Now, I have nothing against the Author’s Guild. I know they can be reasonable, which results in some neat stuff . I also believe that artists and such do deserve some compensation for their works, of course. Given that I have a love of writing as well, it’d be silly to think otherwise. Still, there are certain limits, and there are certain times when busting out the whole copyright thing makes you look silly and completely unreasonable. This is one of those times.

Besides, judging by how the Kindle 2 sounds, I don’t think audio-books with professional vocalists have anything to worry about.

So, basically, anything that turns printed text into audio, without being a licensed audio book, is a violation of copyright. I guess that means I should be reporting a whole lot of elementary teachers, not to mention all the evil devices that blind people use to read text, such as screen readers. Come to think of it, sometimes I enjoy reading passages in a book aloud while I am going through them. I’ve been breaking the law? Well, crap.

Now, I have nothing against the Author’s Guild. I know they can be reasonable, which results in some neat stuff . I also believe that artists and such do deserve some compensation for their works, of course. Given that I have a love of writing as well, it’d be silly to think otherwise. Still, there are certain limits, and there are certain times when busting out the whole copyright thing makes you look silly and completely unreasonable. This is one of those times.

Besides, judging by how the Kindle 2 sounds, I don’t think audio-books with professional vocalists have anything to worry about.

That or the DRM is vile enough to stir up a rather interesting protest.

It will be interesting to see if this protest will have any impact on game sales and how DRM is handled in the game industry. Some companies, such as Stardock , already have shed (if they’ve ever even used it) DRM, and even other forms of media are starting to cut back a bit as well. Will the future see less and less protection such as this?