Major Book Publishers Sue Audible Over Speech-To-Text Feature

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The publishers claim the feature is a ‘quintessential’ infringement of the Copyright Act.

that the feature subverts their licensing procedures, as a book would normally have two licenses .

Audible is paying publishers only for the audio licenses. So in addition to claiming a copyright violation, they are also worried about sales of physical books being negatively impacted. “Listeners cannot read at their own pace or flip through pages as in a print book or eBook,” Audible wrote in a statement last month toIn addition to Scholastic, the publishers on the lawsuit include Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Hachette and Chronicle Books.

 

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