tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371477.post5529385591171668340..comments2023-10-31T16:18:44.958+00:00Comments on The Writers' Guild of Great Britain blog: New Kindle raises copyright queryjula meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18102148211279032637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371477.post-46255630338637769482009-02-12T16:15:00.000+00:002009-02-12T16:15:00.000+00:00I agree with Meg Davis. We must avoid the blurring...I agree with Meg Davis. We must avoid the blurring of rights or it'll turn around and bite us. And yes eReaders can have as many new functions as they please... as long as they pay for them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371477.post-73679144359452956502009-02-12T09:51:00.000+00:002009-02-12T09:51:00.000+00:00As an agent, I'm very much keeping an eye on this....As an agent, I'm very much keeping an eye on this. As a general rule, the more rights you can split and have paid for separately, the more money the writer makes. So not keen on an audio facility on this, which will erode the already fragile audio market. Even though Kindle's probably lost a lot of ground due to the Sony getting here first, manufacturers of the next generation of eReaders will not doubt seek to add functions such as this (as is the trend with any new technology), and we need to be vigilant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com