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Originally Posted by Shaggy
It's not a question of copyright. The Authors/Publishers and Amazon are arguing over the licensing rights to sell the book. Distributors (Amazon, etc) negotiate licenses to sell printed books and audio books separately. This is a contract dispute between the Authors/Publishers and Distributors over whether TTS counts as a sale of a printed book or as a sale of an audio book (which typically has higher licensing costs). It has nothing to do with copyrights or the consumer.
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And one must note, that the authors have been so fundamentally dishonest in stating their case in the public square...that they look very much like the RIAA in the Diamond Rio suit.
Sometimes in a moment of greed and fear people and groups can damage their reputations beyond repair-
The author's guild is hell bent on doing this now.