Is the Kindle 2 Illegal?

I think you've all heard of Amazon's new product the Kindle 2. It is an e-book reader with a lot more: free built in wireless capabilities, PC-free operation, "Whispernet" data network, a built in keyboard, and SD card exapansion slot.

But a man named Paul Aiken asked the question is: Is it legal?

Aiken says that the Kindle 2's text to speech feature violates an author's copyright.

You cannot make recordings of yourself reading a book and sell it. But, Kindle 2 synthesizes sounds based on the words in a book.

Amazon announced it would reconfigure the software to allow publishers to disable the text to speech function for their titles, but made it clear that they believed the text to speech feature did not violate that act.

So, is the Kindle 2 Illegal? I'll let you decide. Vote in the poll on the side.

Read more at Engadget