Amazon Caves On Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 28, 2009 @01:16AM from the unexpectedly-generous dept.

On Wednesday we discussed news that the Authors Guild had objected to the text-to-speech function on Amazon's Kindle 2, claiming that it infringed on audio book copyright. Today, Amazon said that while the feature is legally sound, they would be willing to disable text-to-speech on a title-by-title basis at the rightsholder's request. "We have already begun to work on the technical changes required to give authors and publishers that choice. With this new level of control, publishers and authors will be able to decide for themselves whether it is in their commercial interests to leave text-to-speech enabled. We believe many will decide that it is."

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*BSD is dead by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-28 01:44 · Score: -1, Troll

Mr. BSD, a 57-year-old construction worker, was found lying in a pool of blood with bruises all over his body, said police Major Amnaj Sirichantanond. Mr. BSD is believed to have been killed by the penguin when he got too close to the animal, which had been tied to a tree behind the conference centre on the outskirts of Bangkok.
Fact: BSD is dead