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online.wsj.com - 2/10/2009

New Kindle Audio Feature Causes a Stir

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[Jeff Bezos and Amazon Kindle] Reuters Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos displays the Kindle 2 e-book reader at an event Monday.

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mobileread.com - 2/7/2009

Exclusive: Amazon Kindle 2 official images + price + release date - MobileRead Forums

— mobileread.com — Welcome to the MobileRead Forums. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you... limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community today , you will have fewer ads, access to post ... (more) Exclusive: Amazon Kindle 2 official images + price + ...

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amazon.com - 2/9/2009

Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation): Kindle Store

— amazon.com — Order Kindle now to RESERVE YOUR PLACE IN LINE. We prioritize orders on a first come, first... served basis. If you have previously placed an order for Kindle 1, and have not yet received it, your order will automatically be upgraded to Kindle 2. You ... (more) Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device (Latest ...

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i.gizmodo.com - 2/7/2009

Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on February 24 [Kindle 2]

— i.gizmodo.com — Mobileread just got a bunch of official-looking Kindle 2 photos, which show it in various states being... held and read, plus info that it's being released for $359 on February 24. From the photos, it looks definitely a LOT thinner than the first, and ... (more) Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on ...

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Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... right? Ideas grow fill the containers they imply, and the problem with bad ideas is that their containers are leaky and misshapen. Intellectual property is a bad idea because it turns a necessary legal device into its own philosophical justification. This journey from the utilitarian to the exalted creates a sublime monster that can't help but govern not just the duplication of things, but every aspect of their expression and the culture that makes them meaningful. [via]

Kindle 2 text-to-speech angers Author’s Guild
SlashGear — ... ’s text-to-speech feature - which reads out ebooks on the device - probably isn’t the best way to lull your kids off to sleep, being as it’s a very obviously computer-generated voice.  However if the Author’s Guild has its way, it won’t even be around to distract you when your eyes get tired: the Guild is claiming that by including text-to-speech functionality, Amazon are impinging on audio book copyright. ...

Author’s Guild calls Kindle 2’s text-to-speech software illegal
CrunchGear — ... , is calling the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech system a form of copyright transgression in that it essentially creates an audiobook, albeit automatically. From the WSJ: ...

Know Your Rights: Does the Kindle 2's text-to-speech infringe authors' copyrights?
Engadget — ... Okay, so the issue is that the Kindle 2's Read to Me feature obviously threatens the audiobook market, and while at first blush it seems like the Authors Guild has a pretty weak case when executive director Paul Aiken says things like "They don't have the right to read a book out loud," it's not necessarily as ridiculous as it seems. ...

Kindle 2 runs into legal trouble already?
Gadgetell — ... this will steal sales away from the audio book industry.  Amazon was quick to fire back that the feature is dependent upon the text to speech technology and that it is quite different from listening to an audio book. Either way, Kindle 2 is sure to be a success and will likely sell as quickly as the first generation version did over the holiday season.  Amazon is pricing the Kindle 2 at $359 (same as original) and shipping will begin on February 24. Read: [Wall Street Journal] Full Story » | Written by ...

Authors Guild Warns Over Kindle 2’s “Read-to-Me” Feature
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — ... warning its members that the new feature may in fact violate the rights of authors. Now, why would that be? Well, it seems that authors negotiate digital book sales separately from audiobook sales, and the Guild feels that audiobook sales will be cannibalized by this new feature. Paul Aiken, executive director of The Authors Guild told the Wall Street Journal:“They don’t have the right to read a book out loud. That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.” The thing is, no one would confuse an electronically read book with an audiobook. It’s clear, ...