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The leading publishers are suing Audible, citing a copyright infringement, by asking a federal judge to ban the intended use of captions for an education-focused program. The so-called "Big Five" edition – Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers and Macmillan Publishers – are among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed Friday in New York, according to the AP . The lawsuit involves "Audible Captions", announced by Audible in July and officially announced on its return in the fall, with titles such as "Catch-22" and "The Hunger Games". The lawsuit reads: "Audible Legions Takes Publishers" exclusive audiobooks, converts the narration into unauthorized text and distributes the entire text of these "new" ebooks. "Proceed as well, adds the minutes, is "The kind of essence violation that the Copyright Act directly prohibits."
Other publishers who are pursuing are Scholastic and Chronicle Books. Audible, which belongs to Amazon.com and is the dominant producer in the burgeoning audio book market, did not immediately comment. Audible subtitles would be available free for students and could also be used by Audible members who already pay a monthly fee. A video demonstration of the program uses Dickens' "David Copperfield" and shows computer-generated words on the screen of a smartphone while reading the narrator. Users will not be able to turn the pages or read at their own pace, said the company in Verge, but Audible founder Don Katz said the program would help young people who are struggling to read books. In the Friday trial, publishers claim that Audible has acknowledged that up to 6% of the legends of a book would be wrong, including transcribing the Yiddish phrase "mazel tov" into " mazel hard ". (Samuel L. Jackson recounted a children's book that is not for kids.)
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