Comments on: Do Speech-to-Text Readers Need To License Peformance Rights? http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: alan herell - the head lemur http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 alan herell - the head lemur Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:40:49 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2156 http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2009/03/01/amazon-gets-borged/ http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2009/03/01/amazon-gets-borged/

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Daniel Tunkelang Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:13:27 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2148 Amazon waves the white flag: <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/amazon-backs-off-text-to-speech-feature-in-kindle/" rel="nofollow">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/amazon-backs-off-text-to-speech-feature-in-kindle/</a> Amazon waves the white flag:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/amazon-backs-off-text-to-speech-feature-in-kindle/

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Daniel Tunkelang Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:34:44 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2104 In the article, Blount responds to the <a href="http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=412&SnID=2" rel="nofollow">National Federation of the Blind</a>: <i>In fact, publishers, authors and American copyright laws have long provided for free audio availability to the blind and the guild is all for technologies that expand that availability. (The federation, though, points out that blind readers can’t independently use the Kindle 2’s visual, on-screen controls.) But that doesn’t mean Amazon should be able, without copyright-holders’ participation, to pass that service on to everyone.</i> In the article, Blount responds to the National Federation of the Blind:

In fact, publishers, authors and American copyright laws have long provided for free audio availability to the blind and the guild is all for technologies that expand that availability. (The federation, though, points out that blind readers can’t independently use the Kindle 2’s visual, on-screen controls.) But that doesn’t mean Amazon should be able, without copyright-holders’ participation, to pass that service on to everyone.

]]> By: Gene Golovchinsky http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 Gene Golovchinsky Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:49:40 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2102 Oooh, I would love to use the ADA club to bash DMCA with. Where do I sign up? Oooh, I would love to use the ADA club to bash DMCA with. Where do I sign up?

]]> By: Jon http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Jon Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:21:36 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2094 This is absurd. Does the Authors Guild also complain WRT PC-based screen readers? Why is the rendering of text on a screen treated differently than rendering through a speaker? This is absurd.
Does the Authors Guild also complain WRT PC-based screen readers?

Why is the rendering of text on a screen treated differently than rendering through a speaker?

]]> By: Woody http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/02/25/do-speech-to-text-readers-need-to-license-peformance-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 Woody Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:06:38 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=1504#comment-2093 This could get very ugly. While I have some sympathy for the interest of writers and other copyright holders (being one myself), I can also see where this can clash with things like the Americans with Disabilities Act's provision for "reasonable accommodation", and some lawsuit MANDATING that the read-aloud function be allowed for all content. This could get very ugly. While I have some sympathy for the interest of writers and other copyright holders (being one myself), I can also see where this can clash with things like the Americans with Disabilities Act’s provision for “reasonable accommodation”, and some lawsuit MANDATING that the read-aloud function be allowed for all content.

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