05-15-2009, 11:23 PM | #61 |
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I am talking about possible counteractions from Amazon - that would amount to blocking me in practicing my rights.
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05-15-2009, 11:28 PM | #62 |
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EXACTLY.
I'm new here but I'm quite surprised by all this mis-understood, mis-interpreted, barely reasoned, cliche-level talking points flying around here as 'quasi-facts' - it took me few minutes to debink the "blind people only" nonsense... ...and I guess I'll have to dig up the Safe Harbor exemption tomorrow. Amazon has no legal base to sue especially not until Amazon does not provide RM removal/TTS enabler service. Also if it - a topic - comes with a proper disclaimer then it should be fine. |
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Can you explain that last bit please so we can all understand it without misinterpretation? |
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05-16-2009, 07:14 PM | #64 | |
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OF course, you're not even their jurisdiction so it would be highly unlikely they would actually go after even if there was any legal base. BTW it is not illegal to post these instructions anyway and even if there wouldn't be any exemption in the DMCA in a civil suit they (Amazon) still would have to prove that one post caused them a significant loss of sales (pretty much impossible without providing exact Amazon sales numbers across their full ebook market - they will never expose such information.) Last edited by kamm; 05-16-2009 at 08:59 PM. |
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05-19-2009, 10:27 AM | #65 |
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Would love for anyone to PM me with instructions on re-enabling of TTS or stripping DRM to retain ownership of the books I've purchased should I decide to move on to a different reader later. I currently own two kindle 2 and am looking at a DX and I BUY my books thanks. But I'd like to keep them regardless of what happens with Amazon. Please PM me with either or both instructions. THanks.
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11-16-2009, 04:36 PM | #69 |
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The sad thing is, this kind of behaviour by Amazon pushes many paying customers into breaking the Amazon terms and conditions on the Kindle. We copy books of it so the rights we believe the deserve are preserved.
In other words DRM sucks. |
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mobi2mobi is for PCs only, correct? I'm trying to figure out how to use it here. Are there any Mac OS solutions, similar to calibre? If not, I'll give it a try via PC! TIA for any help - much appreciated! |
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11-20-2009, 05:36 PM | #72 |
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Thanks for the reply, tompe!
mobi2mobi is PC only, right? Any Mac solutions? If not, I'll give mobi2mobi a try. It looks like the best instruction guide for using it is: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...i_GUI_Vista/XP Thanks for your help! |
12-02-2009, 11:38 PM | #73 |
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I don't know if people would find this valuable, but I'm starting to compile a list of publishers who disable the text-to-speech functionality in their books. I've started a wave in Google Wave to try and get some help with finding all the publishers on Amazon, and then, hopefully, the contact information for all the publishers. Here's the list of publishers I've got so far:
Random House Penguin Press ESPN Doubleday Delacorte Press Grand Central Publishing Portfolio VIKING ADULT Little, Brown and Company Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Putnam Adult Bantam Bantam Classics Knopf Knopf Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Vantage Vintage Ballantine Books The Dial Press Anchor Ace Berkley Berkley Trade Del Rey Disney Hyperion Nan A. Talese Ace Hardcover Crown Penguin Press Hardcover Gotham Hardcover If you've got a membership to Google Wave, you can contribute to the list there, or you can PM me here with any help you'd like to offer. (I'm looking for publishers, or for their contact information.) Basically, I've just been going through the book list on the Kindle Store category by category. I think a boycott of the individual publishers' material (e-book and paper) may be a good way to go, along with a letter campaign. Anyway, thanks for your time. |
12-11-2009, 12:56 AM | #74 |
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Hi, Everyone.
For anyone interested, I've started a Facebook group to promote awareness of this, and to hopefully influence the publishing houses, if we can get enough members. This is the first time I've started a Facebook group on any topic, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be glad to get them. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=217848912291 Thanks. |
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