Text to speech has been around for over 40 years. This is just an advancement in the technology. SHould parents be sued for reading to their children too? Ridiculous! You cant compare a voice actor with a computer simulated voice. People that enjoy audiobooks will continue to do so because of the quality of speech If anything Kindles text to speech feature will open the audiobook market to a wider audience. Authors Guild is blowing hot air.
I remember TRS80 - they called it "trash 80," at least its owners did.
Intellectual property rights are really outta whack. on the one hand, technology has opened a pandora's box that allows savvy users access to all kinds of things for free. NO price can compete with "Free." As a professional artist, I know that I would not want someone making my job "obsolete" because there is no way for me to be paid for my work. OTOH, they are criminalizing everyone and controlling our use too much..
I understand what you are saying. The problem I have is that I do not want to pay twice for the item I buy. Unless I am wrong, there is no loss for the artist whether I read the book I buy myself or have it read by the computer. I do not reproduce the item for commercial purposes. That was my only point. :)
Yes, I definitely agree that they are pushing their definition of "piracy" to laughable extremes. And the artists are not the real concern of the publishers/producers who push for these restriction. In fact, the artists usually get screwed every time there is new technology because the corporations claim that rampant piracy is cutting their profits to the point that they can't afford to pay us. So they rip us both off.
Text to speech has been around for over 40 years. This is just an advancement in the technology. SHould parents be sued for reading to their children too? Ridiculous! You cant compare a voice actor with a computer simulated voice. People that enjoy audiobooks will continue to do so because of the quality of speech If anything Kindles text to speech feature will open the audiobook market to a wider audience. Authors Guild is blowing hot air.
liquid79 3 years ago
Nice video. Love it!
adafv83 3 years ago
I remember TRS80 - they called it "trash 80," at least its owners did.
Intellectual property rights are really outta whack. on the one hand, technology has opened a pandora's box that allows savvy users access to all kinds of things for free. NO price can compete with "Free." As a professional artist, I know that I would not want someone making my job "obsolete" because there is no way for me to be paid for my work. OTOH, they are criminalizing everyone and controlling our use too much..
hollywoodartchick 3 years ago
I understand what you are saying. The problem I have is that I do not want to pay twice for the item I buy. Unless I am wrong, there is no loss for the artist whether I read the book I buy myself or have it read by the computer. I do not reproduce the item for commercial purposes. That was my only point. :)
bvongrabe 3 years ago
Yes, I definitely agree that they are pushing their definition of "piracy" to laughable extremes. And the artists are not the real concern of the publishers/producers who push for these restriction. In fact, the artists usually get screwed every time there is new technology because the corporations claim that rampant piracy is cutting their profits to the point that they can't afford to pay us. So they rip us both off.
hollywoodartchick 3 years ago
Being an artist myself, I clearly agree with your assessment.
bvongrabe 3 years ago
Nice one sir!
siddhaam 3 years ago