Big 5 Book Publishers Sues Amazon Over Machine Learning Feature – Industry Chronicles

The top acclaimed United States Book publishers are suing Audible, an Amazon subsidiary over machine learning feature. The machine learning feature transcripts audio allowing users to read the book along with the narrator. The Big 5 Publishing houses are Penguin Random House, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster. Audible is using the feature along with audio recordings however if looked from the perspective of publishers, the physical book and ebooks have separate licenses. While Amazon company has not obtained a license or permission to reproduce the written version of these books. The Big 5 including Chronicle Books and Scholastic have filed a case in the Southern District Court of New York.