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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by chii on Monday August 26, 2019 @06:35AM (#20798665)
using a tool to transcribe (for example, a tool provided by amazon) is the same as doing it myself.
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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by yorwba on Monday August 26, 2019 @06:57AM (#20798760)
But is Amazon actually providing the tool, or just its output? Could I use it to transcribe any audiobook I want, even if it isn't available via Audible? Because otherwise it's not you doing it for your personal use, but Amazon redistributing copyrighted content.
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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by chii on Monday August 26, 2019 @07:30AM (#20798923)
if amazon is redistributing the text without providing a way to transcribe your own audio as well, then it is definitely a copyright infringement (assuming they didn't also purchase this right from the copyright holders).
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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by Spivak on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:36AM (#20800202)
But that doesn't make any sense. If I want to make a legal backup of a DVD I own but don't own the equipment to do so am I not allowed to take my DVD to a 3rd party and have them create a backup on my behalf?
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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by javagram on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:52AM (#20800332)
In the USA this isn’t allowed. Neither is backing up DVDs in general though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealNetworks,_Inc._v._DVD_Co....
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