Thread: Amazon Caves on Text-To-Speech
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Old 02-28-2009, 11:39 AM   #58
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The problem with Amazon is that if their eBooks that do allow TTS cause say MS Reader eBooks versions to no longer be legal to strip the DRM, is Amazon going to give a free K2 to every disabled person who does currently have a need for TTS? I can see that trying to stay legal could cause all kinds of problems for Jeff with the ADA. Basically, unless Bezos makes thing so disabled people don't have to shell out $389 for a K2, then I think he'll eventually be in big trouble. This is a new can of worms being caused by Amazon. And if I was in charge of the ADA, I'd be all over Amazon till the issue gets sorted.
The DMCA exemption merely says that a TTS-capable version of the book has to exist in order for the exemption not to apply; it certainly does not say that it has to be given away freely, or anything like that. Besides which, you've always stated that the exemption does NOT only apply to disabled people, so why should such people be singled out for "special treatment" by Amazon? If everyone has to pay $389 to get TTS-capable books then nobody is being discriminated against.

You have always been a vocal advocate of the fact that you are permitted by the DMCA exemption to remove DRM from LIT files, Jon. Can we assume that you will now be equally vocal in telling people that they must NOT strip DRM from any book on sale in the Kindle Store, and, naturally, that you will stop doing so yourself?
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