The lawsuit was filed by seven members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
The lawsuit against Amazon Audible was filed in the US District Court for Southern District of New York
Amazon.com's Audible was sued by some of the top US publishers for copyright infringement on Friday, aiming to block a planned rollout of a feature called 'Audible Captions' that shows the text on screen as a book is narrated.
The lawsuit was filed by seven members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), including HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan Publishers.
"Essentially Audible wants to provide the text as well as the sound of books without the authorisation of copyright holders, despite only having the right to sell audiobooks," AAP said in a statement.
The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Audible did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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