Amazon's Audible Captions Feature New Developments - Various

Today, Panzer's afternoon nap was disrupted when he was shaken from his kitty bed and onto the floor. Jumping into the Panzermobile, our brave kitty discovered the Catosphere was full of news about Amazon's Audible Captions feature.

My work for you is never done.

First he traveled to the Publishing Perspectives site where he discovered a post by Porter Anderson. According to the post, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) has added their support to the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) lawsuit against the Audible Captions feature for copyright infringement. Twenty-seven member publishers of the IBPA in a letter to Audible have asked to not be included in the feature until the court decision is rendered. Panzer has been posting about the Captions feature for a few weeks now.

Next he traveled to the Publishers Weekly site where he discovered a post by Andrew Albanese. According to this post, Audible will not be rolling out the full Captions feature until after the court's decision. The company will instead roll out a version with only public domain material included. Public domain material is not copyright protected and can be used by anyone.

Panzer says, "Both these posts cover the same material but from slightly different angles."

Note: The first post is a long length and the second is a long-medium length. Bring two thermoses of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selections.

To read the Publishing Perspectives post tootle over to Audible Captions

To read the Publishers Weekly post tootle over to Captions roll out

To read Panzer's other post about Audible Captions tootle over to Captions