Audible responds to the copyright infringement lawsuit: 'We are surprised and disappointed by this action and any implication that we have not been speaking and working with publishers about this feature, which has not yet launched.' Read full statement:
Audible's recently announced Audible Captions feature has sparked a copyright infringement lawsuit from seven top publishers that alleges the service creates unauthorized copies of their books by generating error-ridden text.
"Audible, Inc. unilaterally — without permission from or any notice to Publishers — has decided to introduce a new, unauthorized feature for its mobile application called, 'Audible Captions,'" writes attorney Dale Cendali in the complaint.
"Audible has admitted to Publishers that up to 6% of the Distributed Text may contain transcription errors, the equivalent of 18 full pages of a 300-page book ," writes Cendali. "And, critically, Audible Captions could directly compete with both books and authorized cross-format products, the latter of which benefit consumers by not relying on faulty transcription technology and for which Publishers and authors are compensated.
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