Why none of my books are available on Audible
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Why none of my books are available on Audible
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Re: Why none of my books are available on Audible
#2The real question is that it is an incident that one interest group managed to pass the law that is against interests of most people.
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#4> Scammers claiming to have the rights to my books commission narrators to record them on the cheap, with the promise of a royalty split when they are live. Inexperienced narrators, excited at the prospect of recording a major book by a bestselling author, put long, grueling hours into recording them. Then the book goes live, and I discover it, and have it taken down. The scammer disappears with the profits from the sales in the interim, and the narrator is screwed.
If I was a narrator, why wouldn't I do a basic search to see if the audiobook exists, or contact the author/publisher to verify ownership rights, before investing all this time and effort because someone said they own something?
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#5I am mystified by the idea that 'the scammer disappears' - does Amazon do zero vetting of people they pay out money to? Can I continually commit copyright fraud for profit on the most popular audiobook site?
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#6The real question is that it is an incident that one interest group managed to pass the law that is against interests of most people.
The interest group that managed to pass the law has all the money.
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#7I very much agree with him regarding DRM, and I understand why it puts him off launching audiobooks on Audible.
Still, it is worth commenting that there are trivial ways to remove DRM from Audible files. I myself do it to my own collection, partly out of "lockout prevention", and partly so that I can listen to the books using apps that I find infinitely more covenient and feature rich than Audible's own (shout-out to Podcast Addict).
I won't detail how it is done, out of respect for the fact that HN is based in a jurisdiction where the DMCA represses free speech on the topic. However, Doctorow could always release his audiobooks on Audible while pointing with plausible deniability towards information on how to remove DRM, hosted from countries where we're lucky enough that talking about technical procedures is not a crime.
Re: Why none of my books are available on Audible
#8I very much agree with him regarding DRM, and I understand why it puts him off launching audiobooks on Audible. Still, it is worth commenting that there are trivial ways to remove DRM from Audible files. I myself do it to my own collection, partly out of "lockout prevention", and partly so that I can listen to the books using apps that I find infinitely more covenient and feature rich than Audible's own (shout-out to…
It is trivial for you, but it is impossible for most audiobook listeners. Most people do not have the same computer wherewithal as us.
Re: Why none of my books are available on Audible
#9I am mystified by the idea that 'the scammer disappears' - does Amazon do zero vetting of people they pay out money to? Can I continually commit copyright fraud for profit on the most popular audiobook site?
Bluntly, yes. Although you probably need to practice some OpSec and operate from a country where it’ll be hard to pursue you.
Re: Why none of my books are available on Audible
#10I very much agree with him regarding DRM, and I understand why it puts him off launching audiobooks on Audible. Still, it is worth commenting that there are trivial ways to remove DRM from Audible files. I myself do it to my own collection, partly out of "lockout prevention", and partly so that I can listen to the books using apps that I find infinitely more covenient and feature rich than Audible's own (shout-out to…