[A2k] RE: [Aebc] Another 'misguided' author makes his 'ridiculous' opinionknown, re: Kindle TTS. Alert the Coalition!

[Ross Eadie]

The following was my reply to this same message posted to the National
Library list server:


Francis Hamit will need to get a good lawyer when the text to speech version
of the work is produced.  Text to speech licensing does not allow commercial
benefits with its voice synthesis from what  I know.  The author will have
to pay for the right I believe.  The author can take me to court for using
text to speech on the book.  While the author is at it, the author can take
all the people who use a magnifying glass to read the book in print.


-----Original Message-----
From: aebc-bounces@blindcanadians.ca [mailto:aebc-bounces@blindcanadians.ca]
On Behalf Of Robert Martinengo
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:57 AM
To: AEBC sponsered mailing list; a2k@lists.essential.org; ACCESSINFO
Subject: [Aebc] Another 'misguided' author makes his 'ridiculous'
opinionknown, re: Kindle TTS. Alert the Coalition!

http://brasscannonbooks.net/press.htm

Keeping Kindle 2 quiet

Re: "Tell me an e-story," editorial, March 4

The Times' editorial misses the point of the dispute about the
text-to-speech function on the Kindle 2. Authors and other creators have the
right to copy, distribute, perform, display and create derivative works --
including text-to-speech e-books -- from the original content they create.
With very limited exceptions, these rights can be transferred only by
written contract.

It is the author who decides whether the text-to-speech function on the
Kindle 2 can be applied to his or her work. Not Amazon.com, not the
customer, and certainly not all of those people who find the law
inconvenient or tiresome.

The current awkwardness of the technology is irrelevant. Better voice
systems are already present on phone systems. It is only a matter of time
before they become part of text-to-speech applications on e-books.

My novel, "The Shenandoah Spy," is available on Kindle, but I have not
authorized text-to-speech distribution, nor will I any time soon. I have
been publishing e-books since 2004, but I do not think of it as more than a
minor niche market. That may change in the future, and I might be inspired
to bundle audio rights with e-book rights if the sales justify it. But that
is my choice, not yours.

Francis Hamit
Frazier Park

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