If Amazon Removed Read-To-Me…
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Last week, we had Amazon release its second generation Kindle just to have some law experts question the legality of the “Read-To-Me” feature on Kindle 2.0. Now, I do not know whether the case against Read-To-Me is strong, but could Amazon really be forced to remove the feature? Here are a few things that our readers have to say:
Scott:
Read to me is the feature that pushed me over the edge to buy (try) the new Kindle, without it I may not have bought it just yet. I say, way to go Amazon!
Joshua K: Text to speech has been a part of Mac OS for a very long time. I don’t see how this is any difference. It takes text and reads it out loud. It doesn’t make an audio file… Anyone could use text to speech software on a computer with an e-Book file, and there its even easier to turn it into something like an mp3, so i don’t see what the issue even is.
I have to agree with Scott and Joshua. I really do not know what the big deal is here. But if you have dealt with lawyers in the past, you know they always find a way to make a case against anything and anyone. Amazon Kindle may only be a couple years old, but it has been a success for Amazon. With success, you get lawsuits. In fact, I would not be surprised if folks sued Amazon for Kindle being too thin. It would be extremely disappointing if Amazon was forced to remove the feature, but it is not out of the realm of possibility.
What do you think? Would you buy Amazon Kindle 2.0 if Amazon was forced to remove Read-To-Me?
