The US Constitution's reason for copyright: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
It says nothing about inhibiting progress but that seems to be the way it often works, and this is a very good example of that.
The same thing happened when Amazon first introduced TTS reading in the early Kindles. The publishers said no way so Amazon had to back off and make it optional. The publishers could opt out and many did.
I'm all for copyright but it's gotten very, very one sided.
Barry
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