http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5474 Weekend Update, 2.28.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:50:26 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5474 [...] unimpressed Jon Stewart. His main sell? “We’d make it cheaper if we could.” Roy Blount, Jr., President of the Authors Guild, isn’t thrilled about the Kindle either, but his objection [...] [...] unimpressed Jon Stewart. His main sell? “We’d make it cheaper if we could.” Roy Blount, Jr., President of the Authors Guild, isn’t thrilled about the Kindle either, but his objection [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5455 Amazon.com Tweaks Kindle Text-to-Speech | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:55:15 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5455 [...] than argue with the Authors Guild over the text-to-speech feature of its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, Amazon (AMZN) is modifying the [...] [...] than argue with the Authors Guild over the text-to-speech feature of its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, Amazon (AMZN) is modifying the [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5426 First impressions of the new Kindle. « Metadata Mania! Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:27:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5426 [...] they be paid again if one uses the new text-to-speech function.  Some are saying this is a very old argument that started years ago with auto playing pianos.  The end user is applying their own technology, [...] [...] they be paid again if one uses the new text-to-speech function.  Some are saying this is a very old argument that started years ago with auto playing pianos.  The end user is applying their own technology, [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Kindle 2’s “text to speech” function. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:09:19 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5421 [...] services that people actually want than in digging in your heels to protect the status quo. This isn’t the first time that technology has dramatically changed the copyright marketplace (scroll down on the linked post [...] [...] services that people actually want than in digging in your heels to protect the status quo. This isn’t the first time that technology has dramatically changed the copyright marketplace (scroll down on the linked post [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5419 Talking Books-Digital talking Books Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:53:40 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5419 [...] Authors Guild President [...] [...] Authors Guild President [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5403 Dave Barnes Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:56:37 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5403 By the time that text-to-speech duplicates the pitch, tone and dramatic emphasis of a trained human reader-out-loud, we will all get our books from ThePirateBay.org and the point will be moot. By the time that text-to-speech duplicates the pitch, tone and dramatic emphasis of a trained human reader-out-loud, we will all get our books from ThePirateBay.org and the point will be moot.

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090225/authors-guild-president-what-then-of-the-playing-and-talking-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-5402 Authors Guild Continues To Falsely Claim That Reading Aloud On A Kindle Violates Audio Rights Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:37:21 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=13601#comment-5402 [...] John Paczkowski has a great post on this, comparing Blount’s statements to those of John Philip Sousa a century ago, complaining about the introduction of “playing and talking machines” and [...] [...] John Paczkowski has a great post on this, comparing Blount’s statements to those of John Philip Sousa a century ago, complaining about the introduction of “playing and talking machines” and [...]

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