Amazon powers publishers and writers to disable Kindle 2 text to speech function
Amazon.com has announced that they are changing a new feature introduced in the Kindle 2 ebook reader.
Publishers and writers can now disable the text-to-speech function on their books if they so desire.
This feature was criticized by the Authors Guild [...]

Google Book Search related lawsuit settled
Google has now settled their lawsuits filed by Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
These lawsuits were related to their Google Book Search service.
The search engine giant said that the settlement would allow them to expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in [...]