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Your analogy would mean that you would have to transcribe the audiobook for your own personal use. That would probably be fair use but you probably wouldn't wan
by robjan 7y ago
Your analogy would mean that you would have to transcribe the audiobook for your own personal use. That would probably be fair use but you probably wouldn't want to do that.
- chii 7y agousing a tool to transcribe (for example, a tool provided by amazon) is the same as doing it myself.
- yorwba 7y agoBut is Amazon actually providing the tool, or just its output? Could I use it to transcribe any audiobook I want, even if it isn't available via Audible? Because otherwise it's not you doing it for your personal use, but Amazon redistributing copyrighted content.
- chii 7y agoif amazon is redistributing the text without providing a way to transcribe your own audio as well, then it is definitely a copyright infringement (assuming they didn't also purchase this right from the copyright holders).
- Spivak 7y agoBut that doesn't make any sense. If I want to make a legal backup of a DVD I own but don't own the equipment to do so am I not allowed to take my DVD to a 3rd party and have them create a backup on my behalf?
- javagram 7y agoIn the USA this isn’t allowed. Neither is backing up DVDs in general though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealNetworks,_Inc._v._DVD_Copy_Control_Ass'n,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealNetworks,_Inc._v._DVD_Co....