Copyright holders can decide whether to have their books read aloud on Amazon.com's Kindle 2 book reader, and thus remove their concerns about the device's text-to-speech feature, Amazon said in a statement as reported in media Monday.
An experimental feature on the device allows users to have texts read to them in a digitized voice. However, the feature came under fire from the Authors Guild, which alerted its members that Amazon might be undermining the market for audio versions of their books.
Amazon stated Friday it is modifying its systems so that rights holders can decide whether they want the text-to-speech capability enabled or turned off on each title.
Amazon however asserted that the text-to-speech feature is legal, because no copy is made, no derivative work is created and no performance is given.
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