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Re:Mozilla releases the largest to-date public domain transc... by laurieg on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:07PM (#19272873)
Speaking and reading out loud are vastly different. Try it yourself: record yourself explaining a concept with zero preparation and then read a text explaining the concept.

Also (I am not a lawyer but) just because the source material is out of copyright doesn't mean the audiobook is out of copyright.

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Re:Mozilla releases the largest to-date public domain transc... by jshevek on Thursday February 28, 2019 @01:25PM (#19273650)
The parent comment was presumably talking about the massive library of unencumbered audio books based on those books, such as those created by LibriVox.
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