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"You Don't Have the Right to Read a Book Aloud"
“You don’t have the right to read a book aloud.” Those are the words of Paul Aiken, the Director of the Author’s Guild, in relation to Amazon’s Kindle 2 . “That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law,” he continued. So, basically, anything that turns printed text into audio, without being a licensed [...]
"You Don't Have the Right to Read a Book Aloud"
“You don’t have the right to read a book aloud.” Those are the words of Paul Aiken, the Director of the Author’s Guild, in relation to Amazon’s Kindle 2 . “That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law,” he continued. So, basically, anything that turns printed text into audio, without being a licensed [...]
Google Sued, New Licensing Agreements Worked Out for Books
Google, after being sued by the Author’s Guild for $125 million , has reached an agreement that has peeked my interest quite a bit: They’ve formed a license with the Author’s Guild that will allow Google to create full copies of many books to be available online. Actually, more accurately, Google will be able to [...]
