Comments on: Authors Guild, unbelievably, still after Kindle 2 http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50 Thoughts on technology and intellectual property. AND KITTIES!!! Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:19:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: gconnery http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-3715 gconnery Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:36:06 +0000 http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50#comment-3715 While I think the author's guild has no case to make here, I don't understand why everybody keeps referring to the quality of the current Kindle text to speech. Obviously, that will keep getting better at some rate we can't predict. And yes eventually it'll be perfectly tolerable for extended periods. But that has nothing to do with whether this is fair use or not. While I think the author’s guild has no case to make here, I don’t understand why everybody keeps referring to the quality of the current Kindle text to speech. Obviously, that will keep getting better at some rate we can’t predict. And yes eventually it’ll be perfectly tolerable for extended periods.

But that has nothing to do with whether this is fair use or not.

]]> By: royterp http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-3710 royterp Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:14:51 +0000 http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50#comment-3710 Not surprisingly, Roy Blount and the Authors Guild don't speak for all authors. Check out Neil Gaiman's short but sweet summary of his discussion with his agent about the kerfuffle. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/quick-argument-summary.html And Wil Wheaton agrees: http://twitter.com/wilw/statuses/1255034323 I don't know how the Authors Guild works, but hopefully more authors will see the error of the Guild's position and work to correct it. Not surprisingly, Roy Blount and the Authors Guild don’t speak for all authors. Check out Neil Gaiman’s short but sweet summary of his discussion with his agent about the kerfuffle.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/quick-argument-summary.html
And Wil Wheaton agrees:
http://twitter.com/wilw/statuses/1255034323
I don’t know how the Authors Guild works, but hopefully more authors will see the error of the Guild’s position and work to correct it.

]]> By: anstett http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-3709 anstett Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:48:34 +0000 http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50#comment-3709 What happened to fair use? I have the digital item. I should be able to use that item in any manner I see fit for my own personal use. Huge difference in using text to speech as public performance art and using it to put your child to sleep at night. BOB What happened to fair use?

I have the digital item. I should be able to use that item in any manner I see fit for my own personal use.

Huge difference in using text to speech as public performance art and using it to put your child to sleep at night.

BOB

]]> By: mors_d http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-3708 mors_d Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:59:36 +0000 http://cultureofownership.org/?p=50#comment-3708 Do you mean text-to-speech? I've always thought of speech-to-text as dictation. I have to agree that it seems silly (if not pointless) for this to be a problem, especially after having heard the Kindle2's text-to-speech engine. However, this sort of behaviour does seem to creep out of industry groups when they develop a sense of self-interest and realise that as a lobby group they have to power to do something about it. Do you mean text-to-speech? I’ve always thought of speech-to-text as dictation.

I have to agree that it seems silly (if not pointless) for this to be a problem, especially after having heard the Kindle2’s text-to-speech engine. However, this sort of behaviour does seem to creep out of industry groups when they develop a sense of self-interest and realise that as a lobby group they have to power to do something about it.

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