March 6th, 2009

Oh Kindle, Read to Me!

By Corynne McSherry, New York Times Letter to the Editor

“The Kindle Swindle?,” by Roy Blount Jr. (Op-Ed, Feb. 25), missed the heart of the matter.

As we explained in the blog post to which Mr. Blount referred, there is no legal basis for the claim that authors are owed royalties for the Kindle’s “read to me” feature.

Related Issues: Accessibility for the Reading Disabled, Intellectual Property

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