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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Not necessarily.
It turns out Audible contracts have the same (court-approved) forward compatibility that HarperCollins put into the deal for JULIE OF THE WOLVES.
A lot of added stuff on the subject has been coming out in the last few days.
See this:
https://www.acx.com/help/audiobook-l...ment/201481900
Notably exclusive deals:
And. On non exclusive deals:
The contract also covers editing, compression, and other changes to the licensed file:
The bone of contention comes down to whether transcription is a modification/reformating of a sound file. (Note that the captions are produced from the licensed audio file--not an ebook or scanned pbook--and only distributed with the licensed audio file, not as a separate product. That would definitely be a no-no.)
And then there is the legal definition of a "caption" as a part of an audio file:
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides...ing-television
And captioning is *required* by various laws. Such as this one:
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides...ility-act-cvaa
Until now, audiobooks were apparently covered by the "feasibility" clause but Audible just blew that to heck.
This is a marketing pitch but it is right that captioning is becoming ubiquitous:
https://cielo24.com/2019/07/video-ca...iption-trends/
So Audible may be heavy handedly taking a page out of BPH practices but they seem to be on defensible legal ground.
It's not a given they'll be blocked.
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Not to nitpick, but looking over your links I have not been able to associate captions and audio files. I only seen it in connection to video or television. Can you please quote the significant portion linking audio recordings to feasible caption option? I only seen this:
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Expands the requirement for video programming equipment (equipment that shows TV programs) to be capable of displaying closed captions, to devices with screens smaller than 13 inches (e.g., portable TVs, laptops, smart phones), and requires these devices to be able to pass through video descriptions and emergency information that is accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired, if technically feasible and achievable.
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But that assumes that CC is already part of the original broadcast.
