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    Top Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text Territory

    The seven plaintiffs, which include all of the publishing industry's Big Five, say the audiobook company is violating copyrights with a planned feature that would transcribe audiobooks for listeners.
    by Colin Dwyer Aug 23, 2019 2 minutes

    Updated at 7:17 p.m. ET

    Seven major publishing houses say that Audible, the audiobook company owned by Amazon, is violating copyright law with a planned speech-to-text feature that's set to launch next month. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, the publishers

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