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Say goodbye to Google Books Settlement for good
The heavily criticized proposed settlement between Google and a small group of authors and publishers has been dealt a final, fatal blow, reports Publishers Weekly this morning—although in this case the deathblow comes indirectly because it’s actually about a different, … Continue reading
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Tagged asa, authors guild, book scanning, book search, class-action, copyright, fair use, google, google books settlement, lawsuits, settlements
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Google Book Search settlement workshop is today!
Today the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America will sponsor a workshop to learn more about the proposed Google Book Search settlement. Continue reading
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Tagged authors guild, faq, google book search, q&a, settlement, sffwa, workshop
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Sign this petition if you think the Authors Guild should leave the Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature alone
The National Federation of the Blind has joined up with dozens of other organizations to form the Reading Rights Coalition, which is fighting for the right to use the Kindle 2′s text-to-speech function on any text without having to pay … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, audiobooks, authors guild, blind, blindness, copyright, Kindle 2, NFB, protests, reading rights, rights, t2s, text to speech, tts
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Amazon caves to Authors Guild, allows publishers to disable "Read It Now"
Amazon gives in to the Authors Guild, and will let publishers and authors disable the read-it-now function on books. Continue reading
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Tagged audiobooks, authors guild, copyright, ebooks, Kindle 2, publishers, read it now, rights, text to speech, tts
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Prez of Author's Guild makes his anti-Kindle text-to-speech argument in the New York Times
The Authors Guild has published an unconvincing op-ed in the New York Times that presents their argument against the Kindle 2′s “read to me” functionality. Continue reading
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Tagged authors guild, copyright, kindle, Kindle 2, lawsuits, read it now, roy blount, text to speech, tts
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Notes from yesterday's Google Book Search settlement workshop
Here were the main themes discussed at yesterday’s Google Book Search settlement workshop hosted by the National Writers Union (NWU). Continue reading →