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Audible calls for court to dismiss Captions copyright lawsuit

Audible has argued a federal court to reject a copyright lawsuit filed by seven publishers against its Captions speech-to-text feature. n a court-filing lawyers for Audible Inc moved to dismiss the case, adding it is a contract dispute rather than a copyright matter. The filing adds that if the copyright case proceeds then Captions is covered by fair use.

Apple  is trying to trademark ‘Slofie’

On Friday, Apple applied for a US trademark on “Slofie”, potentially giving the company media control over the word’s usage. Slofies are Apple’s name for slow-motion selfies, a feature that’s new to the iPhone 11 models.