I'd like to meet the person who thought this was a good idea.
- Unlock iPhone.
- Click on an app.
- Slide on keyboard.
- Look like an ass.
Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken is threatening to sue Amazon and shut down the Kindle 2's text-to-speech functionality.
"They don't have the right to read a book out loud. That's an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law."
Hey, you! Yeah, you. Stop reading this post out loud to your friends or I'll sue!
Neil Gaiman has some thoughts on the issue too.
It's sad that Steve Jobs needs to write a letter to get the financial analysts and fanboys to calm down. Yes, Mr. Jobs did fix a sinking ship. And yes, Mr. Jobs is the biggest reason for their success over the past decade. But the sign of a great leader is setting up the framework that will allow a company to prosper well beyond their departure. Mr. Jobs has done just that. People need to take a deep breath and relax. While it will be the end of era when he leaves Apple, the company will not implode and wipe Cupertino off the map.
As the furor of this rumor picked up steam, I did something I haven't done in a long time: I bought stock. Not just any stock ... Apple stock.
Dear Apple,
All I want for Christmas is an iTunes media server. I've been good all year and think I deserve this one little wish. My wife and I have different tastes in music, but occasionally our paths do cross. In those cases we'd like to be able to share songs between accounts and iPods without the need to have duplicate files.
I know that we can use iTunes sharing, but there's some serious limitations. We have to keep a copy of iTunes running at all times in every account we want to share. It also means we can't sync those files to our iPods to listen on the go. We all live in the same house and have authorized computers, so a central library makes the most sense.
Again, I think I've been good all year long. I don't pirate music and use the iTunes store on a regular basis. Well, with the exception of my frequent trips to the Amazon MP3 store and the occasional CD purchase ... oh ... and avoiding buying any kind of DRM'd music or movie on iTunes. A loyal (most of the time) iTunes user.
Looking forward to seeing what's under the tree,
-Matt
Very disappointing news. VisualHub is a fantastic app that I use on a regular basis.
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