Audible is messing up — infringement on its platform

Audible is planning to launch a feature called Captions. Anyone listening to a book on Audible will be shown “computer-generated transcriptions” of texts. Make no mistake, writers, this is copyright infringement and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is suing. This feature will be launched on September 10th unless the suit is successful in blocking it.

So you understand why this is not a good thing, think about this: why would a reader purchase a digital version of your book when they can listen and read it on the same platform in which they didn’t purchase your book, but listened to it with a credit on a subscription platform? With book sales already an issue, this is another potential blow to all authors. Not to mention that Audible itself says that its new feature may contain up to 18 pages of errors in a 300-page book.

Will send an update on how this goes, but if you have an audible subscription, let’s get ready to act should they not act in our favour.

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