Amazon’s Audible is a quintessential violation of copyright law: Major book publishers sue Amazon over new speech-to-text feature
Some of the world’s largest book publishers have jointly filed a lawsuit against Amazon-owned audiobook Company, Audible; over a new, controversial speech-to-text feature the literary industry claims is a violation of copyright law. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District Court of New York, includes the Big Five: Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon…