[A2k] Why Print-Disabled People Should THANK the Authors Guild, Not PicketIt

Claude Almansi claude.almansi@gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 16:24:01 2009


On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Manon Ress <manon.ress@keionline.org> wrote=
:
> Robert,
> TTS rights? =C2=A0please, refrain from spreading misinformation. =C2=A0It=
 is
> ridiculous to claim there is such a right. =C2=A0Is there a right to chan=
ge
> the font /size on your screen?
> And if there were such rights, it would be morally repugnant.
> Manon

Or as one person who signed the petition put it:

# 1,711: 1:00 pm PDT, Apr 6, James Pritchett, New Jersey
I am an author and participant in the Author's Guild settlement with
Google. However, I feel that the objections to text-to-speech on the
Kindle are absurd and wrong-headed.

Claude