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Originally Posted by Catlady
I had seen apparent Librivox recordings previously on Audible, but to the extent I thought about it, I sort of assumed that the narrators were being compensated, which seems fair enough. But now it seems clear that some fly-by-night pseudo publishers are attempting to profit off the work of other people. It may be legal, but it sure doesn't seem ethical.
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It might be worth pointing it out to Audible explcitly.
They may choose not to do business with them if something unethical seems to be going on.
On the other hand, I'm not sure what license Libravox uses for their performances, but if their terms amount to "None, these are PD, do whatever you want" then that "publisher" might be adding value in the form of curation, marketing or some other incidental contribution, and the narrator's "buyer beware, you can get this version for free" is pretty all one can do.