[free-sklyarov] Topicality

[Karsten M. Self]

on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:03:20PM +0200, Tom (tom at lemuria.org) wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 11:08:56AM +0200, David Haworth wrote:
> > > this is the disabling of a FEATURE. if you want to compare e-books to
> > > regular books, then you have to realize that regular books don't
> > > contain a "read aloud" feature.
> > 
> > If the eBook reader software has the feature, what gives the publisher
> > the right to disable it? 
> 
> he doesn't need a right to do that, because you do NOT have a right to
> a text-to-speech feature. so he can do whatever he damn well pleases,
> and as much as I believe these people are moronic control freaks, I'm
> with them on this one.
> 
> seriously, this is a PR suicide. trying to claim a RIGHT for a
> text-to-speech feature? get real.

The issue isn't the feature's being enabled or disabled, it's the weight
of law behind what is only a technical issue.

Peace.

-- 
Karsten M. Self <kmself at ix.netcom.com>          http://kmself.home.netcom.com/

Praying for the victims. 
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