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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2013

    Licenses Gone Wild! Adobe eBook rights: ‘Reading aloud not allowed.’ pic.twitter.com/ONV26HOgoY Via @solobasssteve & @logandecker

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      1. chris meidinger‏ @cmeid 30 Sep 2013
        Replying to @aral

        Ok, this really does go too far! MT @aral: Licenses Gone Wild! Adobe eBook rights: ‘Reading aloud not allowed.’pic.twitter.com/S5VApIRERz

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      2. 𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙 𝕱𝖆𝖑𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖗‏ @leftnotracks 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker @camcavers Can I read moving my lips? How about in the presence of lip readers?

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      3. Cam Cavers‏ @camcavers 30 Sep 2013
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        @leftnotracks @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker “Laughing aloud not permitted”

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      2. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral Most likely Adobe speak for "text to speech disabled" though.

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      3. LTN‏ @latteine 30 Sep 2013
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        @mindcrash @aral Most likely their attorneys would not agree when it comes to that :D

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      1. Marcos Menendez‏ @marcmenen 30 Sep 2013
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        Lol! RT Licenses Gone Wild! Adobe eBook rights: ‘Reading aloud not allowed.’ pic.twitter.com/jOBAsNY5Vh Via @solobasssteve @logandecker @aral

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      1. Joan Touzet‏ @wohali 30 Sep 2013
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        @bunnyhero @aral @logandecker @solobasssteve IIRC this is specifically disallowing text-to-speech because EXPLOIT THE BLIND!

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      1. Toby‏ @tobybaier 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker @timpritlove Struggling whether "Never expires" might be even funnier :)

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      1. Andi Farr‏ @semiBad 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker "If you move your lips when reading this eBook you may require an additional license"

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      1. Alexander‏ @Kingdutch 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker When I first read it I thought they typoed 'allowed' to 'aloud', thought that was the joke o.O

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      1. Quantum Life‏ @Quantumlifenews 7 Oct 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker how about moving your lips silently?

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      1. ($) Stephen Dann‏ @stephendann 7 Oct 2013
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        @aral @mpesce @solobasssteve @logandecker Is the end game "Reading not allowed" so just accumulate paid for data assets?

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      1. sn‏ @sn_ 1 Oct 2013
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        @aral @mixsti @solobasssteve @logandecker See also http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/authors-guild-vs-rea.html … by @doctorow

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      1. Asier Murciego‏ @murciego 30 Sep 2013
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        Esto de la licencias en algunos eBooks se ha ido un poco de las manos... MT @aral: ‘Reading aloud not allowed.’pic.twitter.com/06f1Kt5hMn

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      1. noueP ʇueɹnɐl‏ @lpenou 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral Printing neither so I'm sure that copying a word or sentence isn't @solobasssteve @logandecker @Kdecherf @TheSFReader

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      1. Ernesto García‏ @NSErnesto 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker but whispering is allowed , right?

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      1. Brian A. Randell‏ @brianrandell 30 Sep 2013
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        @aral @solobasssteve @logandecker WTF?

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