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: Trademark BlogHow Dare You Invigorate Book-Reading!!
By Marty Schwimmer
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WSJ: New Kindle Audio Feature Causes a Stir
Kindle 2 is smaller than the first version of the product.The new device also features a five-way navigation element, faster wireless service for downloading books and the ability to wirelessly sync between Kindles and cellphones.Some publishers and agents expressed concern over a new, experimental feature that reads text aloud with a computer-generated voice.
"They don't have the right to read a book out loud," said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. "That's an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law."
Full post as published by Trademark Blog on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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