right, now, you can download or stream. when you use a program, such as
sound taxi, you're decompiling and reverse enginearing the product.
Rick
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchalt...@austin.rr.com>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: converting Audible files to other formats
I'm not sure this is true. I may not be able to interpret all of the legal
jargon, but I think Audible's terms and conditions plus "fair use" in the
US would allow you to convert Audible books into another format for your
own personal use.
Audible's terms and conditions at
http://www.audible.com/adbl/faqs/terms.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes say the
following:
6. Grants of Licenses
a. Audible Content License. When you "clickout" or otherwise "purchase"
(referred to herein, collectively as "Purchase") Audible Content from the
Audible Service, Audible grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to download or stream such Audible Content to
your computer and/or
your Device(s) solely for your personal non-commercial use. You shall not
copy, reproduce, distribute or use the Audible Content in any other
manner. You shall not sell, transfer, lease, modify, distribute or
publicly perform the Audible Content in any manner and you shall not
exploit it commercially. Do not (A) decompile, disassemble, or reverse
engineer the Audible Content or attempt to do so; or (B) modify the
Audible Content or create any derivative
works therefrom. This license to the Audible Content you Purchase will
continue for as long as your copy of Audible Content exists pursuant to
and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
In doing some searching on the web, there are quite a few sites that say
converting Audible books to MP3 is legal in the US under "fair use" while
others say that Audible's terms and conditions preclude doing this. I'm
not sure that I've seen anything definitive on either side though. A lot
of people say it's illegal without quoting any laws or T&C's, while others
say it can't be illegal due to "fair use", but I'm not sure they
understand "fair use" or not. For my part, I would think it is legal to
convert and Audible file to MP3, but I would not give this MP3 file to
anyone or place it anywhere where anyone else to get to it. If you do
this, I doubt a law enforcement agency here in the US would go after you.
Bruce Toews wrote:
It can't be legally done. The terms of service to which you agreed
prohibit it.
Bruce
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Sylvia wrote:
Hi list,
I recently joined Audible, and I wanted to find out if there are any
programs that will allow you to convert Audible files to the mp3 format.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Sylvia.
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