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> Can i run the audio performance through a speech to text engine? I strongly suspect that would hold up in court in the US. For the same reason that I can alt
by adventured 7y ago
> Can i run the audio performance through a speech to text engine?
I strongly suspect that would hold up in court in the US. For the same reason that I can alter the book and story in my own personal context of ownership. I can take the story, the book, and rewrite it for personal consumption, while keeping all of the original content in my new version. What I can't do typically of course is sell that version, distribute it commercially.
I could use a note taking system that pulls pieces from a physical book as I read it, or snap photos of pages I find interesting. Or I could do that manually with the audio version and take notes of the audio book as it progresses. Both approaches - and numerous others like them - would be protected so long as you're not trying to make money from what you're doing.
- ghaff 7y ago>not trying to make money Generally agree with what you wrote. Money isn't the central question though. Something like fanfic distributed for free can still be infringing.
- gamblor956 7y agoCommercial nature of use is only part of the fair use analysis. You could run your own text-so-speech conversion (or vice versa)for your own private use on fair use grounds because it's a textbook case of fair use. It's very different when you're doing it for someone else's use. There are plenty of situations in which even commercial conversion activity would qualify as fair use.