Can we make it a federal crime to imprison people in a law library whenever they misuse the word copyright? Which seems like every time the word copyright is uttered.
The Authors Guild position on the Kindle from the very beginning had nothing to do with copyright. It was a simple matter of a perceived violation of licensing rights in authors' book contracts. You can argue whether the matter was a violation or not, but no matter how you argue it, copyright was never an issue. http://www.authorsguild.org/advocacy/articles/e-book-rights-alert-amazons-kindle-2.html 2/12/09 Reading to your kids note: A Wall Street Journal article quoted a portion of an interview with Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken regarding the Kindle 2. The remarks have been interpreted by some as suggesting that the Guild believes that private out-loud reading is protected by copyright. It isn't, unless the reading is being done by a machine. And even out-loud reading by a machine is fine, of course, if it's from an authorized audio copy. Others suggest that challenging Amazon's use of this software challenges accessibility to the visually impaired. It doesn't: Kindle 2 isn't designed for such use. The Guild continues to support efforts to make works truly accessible to the visually impaired. And http://www.authorsguild.org/advocacy/articles/kindle-accessibility.html 4/7/09 Today's protest is unfortunate and unnecessary. We stand by our offer, first made to the Federation's lawyer a month ago and repeated several times since, to negotiate in good faith to reach a solution for making in-print e-books accessible to everyone. We extend that same offer to any group representing the disabled. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
