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Hmm.. has anyone ever been sued for adding captions? I don't see how they would.. as far as the end user is concerned, the captions are embedded into the video,

Hmm.. has anyone ever been sued for adding captions? I don't see how they would.. as far as the end user is concerned, the captions are embedded into the video, are not a separate performance or a product. Not exactly analogous to audiobook vs ebook.

falcolas 7y ago
Captions is exactly what's being offered though. Amazon is not providing an ebook, they're providing captions in-sync with the audiobook. The difference between an audiobook and a video is pretty small in a significant portion of YouTube content.
- la_barba 7y ago
  The difference is that audio-books is a separate product category with its own pricing. Embedding text in a video is quite different IMHO...
  - DuskStar 7y ago
    If Amazon added an animation to the existing audiobook content - making it a video - and then added captions would that be OK? As the GP said, there's quite a few youtube videos with a completely static background where the content is the speaker's words.
    - la_barba 7y ago
      >If Amazon added an animation to the existing audiobook content - making it a video - and then added captions would that be OK? AFAIK, they would have to obtain prior permission from the copyright owner before re-distributing a modified version of the copyrighted work.