The adventures of copyright just doesn't end. A journey that goes with you through your whole life, and probably tries to sue you along the way.
Today's topic takes us to the copyright of Kindle. In specific, the idea over a robot voice reading a book out loud and how that breaks copyright law.
...What?
So while I don't use a Kindle or any kind of E-book, I do know they are meant for reading. A big shocker there I know. As such, I absolutely cannot see the problem with a voice reading the book out loud. Maybe if they were paying some voice actor money to read a book it would be different, but from what I can gather this is a robotic voice just reading a book.
So instead of dissecting this whole thing, I'll leave a question. Let's say you're sitting in your bed sick or something and someone you know comes up and offers to read a book. Any book, I'll even let you decide. They then begin to read it out loud. Now, is this breaking any copyright law? Absolutely not. Books were made for reading and listening, the latter if someone is reading the book out loud. That is fine as it should be. So what is the problem with doing the SAME EXACT thing, except having a robot doing the reading instead of a parent or a friend?
To sum it up, I just can't see how having an audio book would be against copyright. All it is is a robotic voice reading you the book which is the purpose of the whole thing.
The entire case just seems incredibly silly.
Oh, if you read this blog out loud I'm gonna sue you for copyright. Just saying.
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