Did you purchase a Kindle 2, or planning on to? Read on, and what are your thought?
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/121556
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Answers:
No not nonetheless but it sounds out of this world. Source(s): It was hardly the most interesting or earth-shaking subdivision of Jeff Bezos's introduction of the Kindle 2 on Monday, but one small, experimental feature in the device is already causing a minor uproar. Specifically: The Kindle 2's text-to-speech function, which will use a computerized voice to announce anything displayed on the device's screen. The problem? The Authors Guild says that that's against the law.
The oppose revolves around audiobooks, which are treated separately from printed material from a copyright standpoint. A retailer can't record a copy of a book on a CD and put up for sale it or bundle it along with a novel without paying a separate charge, just as buying a copy of an audiobook doesn't entitle you to a free copy of the printed version.
Amazon -- and many official observers -- vehemently question this stance, note that an automated text-to-speech system isn't the same as a pre-recorded audio book. Some have even compared computerized speech systems like these to reading a children's storybook aloud at bedtime. Since the Kindle doesn't store a copy of the book on the device within an audio format, but rather converts from text on the fly, it seems probable that Amazon is on the right side of the law on this one.
Still, we're in a legal gray nouns that hasn't really been tested in court, and if our legal history have taught us anything, it's that judges can sway either track on these issues. If the Kindle 2's audio quality is good enough, it could get through substantially into the sales of audiobooks, and that alone tends to be a persuasive argument in the courtroom.
its not out till feb 24 im getting one for christmas or my birthday
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Thanks to all who visit the question, and no thumbs down from me! Have a special weekend. :)
Answers:
No not nonetheless but it sounds out of this world. Source(s): It was hardly the most interesting or earth-shaking subdivision of Jeff Bezos's introduction of the Kindle 2 on Monday, but one small, experimental feature in the device is already causing a minor uproar. Specifically: The Kindle 2's text-to-speech function, which will use a computerized voice to announce anything displayed on the device's screen. The problem? The Authors Guild says that that's against the law.
The oppose revolves around audiobooks, which are treated separately from printed material from a copyright standpoint. A retailer can't record a copy of a book on a CD and put up for sale it or bundle it along with a novel without paying a separate charge, just as buying a copy of an audiobook doesn't entitle you to a free copy of the printed version.
Amazon -- and many official observers -- vehemently question this stance, note that an automated text-to-speech system isn't the same as a pre-recorded audio book. Some have even compared computerized speech systems like these to reading a children's storybook aloud at bedtime. Since the Kindle doesn't store a copy of the book on the device within an audio format, but rather converts from text on the fly, it seems probable that Amazon is on the right side of the law on this one.
Still, we're in a legal gray nouns that hasn't really been tested in court, and if our legal history have taught us anything, it's that judges can sway either track on these issues. If the Kindle 2's audio quality is good enough, it could get through substantially into the sales of audiobooks, and that alone tends to be a persuasive argument in the courtroom.
its not out till feb 24 im getting one for christmas or my birthday
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