You don’t need any rights to execute the feature. The user owns the book. The app lets the user feed the book into an LLM, as is absolutely their right, and asks questions.
2. I doubt the Kindle version of the LLM will run locally. Is Amazon repurposing the author-provided files, or will the users' device upload the text of the book?
“Oh, you think you should be able to use an LLM with a book you paid for? Well you don’t own and book.”
Ok, and you like that? You want even less ownership? Less control?
I guess my argument is that Amazon shouldn't be able to have their cake and eat it too
I can totally understand that sentiment but I don’t think giving up end user capabilities to spite Amazon is logically aligned with wanting ownership of digital media.
We probably agree more than not. But users getting more rights isn’t universally good. To finish an argument, one must consider the externalities involved.
I don't think that's cut and clear yet. Throwing media onto someone else's server may count as distribution.