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Adventure Audiobooks (and others)

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If anyone's interested I've found the Adventure series audiobooks on YouTube.

I didn't know these existed; I was actually looking for Castle read by Bernard Cribbins just to listen to to kill an hour or so, and then I found these.

I have no idea who reads them or if they're proper recordings (ie ones that were actual audio books on tape or CD) or even if they're amateur but i dont mind because they sound good and they're unabridged and the whole series is there.
I've linked to Sea because that's the one I'm listening to at the moment but the rest of the series should appear as related content.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aYpCaWTukjY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Edit: In fact looking at the other items by the user, it seems there are lots of Enid's books that they've done as audiobooks

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC1sn8l8-QLDVOY8SwvhhnIA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks for the heads up!
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Erm, is that quite legal from a copyright standpoint, I wonder?? :shock:

The video trailer for this person's YouTube channel made me a bit sad, really — she's going on about the importance of reading bedtime stories because it's such a good time to get to know your child better, share opinions on different stories etc., and yet here she is with a channel called "A Book At Bedtime", which would seem to imply that these audiobooks are meant to be a sort of substitute for parents actually reading to their children. My mum and I read together almost every night (taking turns with the chapters) from as far back as I can remember up until I was about 10 or 11. (And yes, a LOT of the books concerned were Enid Blyton. :wink: ) I wouldn't have missed that for the world and I hope not too many children are subjected to audiobooks and videos before bedtime because mum and/or dad are too busy to read to them or don't see the importance of it... :(
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Oh well if its not legal due to copyright then I'm happy for my post to be removed. I didn't really think much about whether they were legal or not, to be honest! :lol:

Does anyone else think it's a shame that its illegal to offer to share genuine audio reproductions of nice books so that people can enjoy listening to Enid's work, and yet it's perfectly legal to create the adult FF books :roll:

I'm not lucky enough to have any of the cassettes or CDs of the books any more (I used to have some but they broke) so to find fully unabridged versions of my favourite series was a great discovery.
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Sorry what's not legal?

You -Tube links get put on here all the time, especially by Courtenay!

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Carlotta King wrote: Does anyone else think it's a shame that its illegal to offer to share genuine audio reproductions of nice books so that people can enjoy listening to Enid's work, and yet it's perfectly legal to create the adult FF books :roll:
Well, I don't know for sure if it is illegal, but the books are still under copyright and I would assume that includes reproducing them by audio recordings or broadcasts without the permission of the publisher. The only reason it's "perfectly legal" to create the adult FF books, on the other hand, is that their publisher's parent company owns Enid's trademark signature, so there's no breach of copyright there. :x
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Yes, I understand now, thanks, Courtenay.

I get so used to seeing Links put up on here I don't even think about it.

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Entirely illegal, no doubt about it. You Tube often pulls breaches of copyright so if anyone plans to listen to these I'd do it sooner rather than later.

I agree it would be a shame if parents replaced reading to/with their children with audiobooks but I think they're great for kids regardless. My sister and I used to listen to cassette tapes of stories while we played and also in the car. They would also be good for parents whose own reading skills are perhaps lacking, they can listen along with their child instead.
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Hmmm, I was just looking further at the user's details and on her "about" page she lists "Getting The Copyright Permissions" as one of the things she does before uploading a recording. If that's so, I guess what she's doing is legit.
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I struggle to believe that anyone who holds the copyright to a recording like that would allow it to be freely uploaded to the internet. It would be in their best interests if people had to buy their product!
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Looking at it though, if she has put she's got permission then permission she should have.

Even if she hasn't, it wouldn't surprise me if nothing is done about it. Chorion knew about Rosson stealing copyright, but nothing was done.

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Of course, she might have just said she's got permission so people will think she's got permission when in fact she hasn't. :roll: I too would be very surprised if the copyright holders of those audiobooks would happily agree to have someone put them up online to be listened to for free, even if those particular recordings are the audio equivalent of "out of print", i.e. not currently being produced and sold in shops or online.

Mind you, probably a huge percentage of YouTube content is in breach of copyright anyway! :P
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The solution- Download the audiobooks immediately before the Youtube pulls them.
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Goodness Me, What a To-Do! The "legal eagles" are working overtime, AGAIN!!!

Quote: "I too would be very surprised if the copyright holders of those audiobooks would happily agree to have someone put them up online to be listened to for free, even if those particular recordings are the audio equivalent of "out of print", i.e. not currently being produced and sold in shops or online." (Courtenay)

Yes, this may well be the LEGAL position. However, just because something is the LAW doesn't automatically make it MORALLY acceptable!

It's a shame, because the recordings on YouTube are the "full-text" versions, not the ORIGINAL "dramatisations" like those in the Tempo series. How many children would be able to stay awake for four or five hours at bedtime?

BTW, Bernard Cribbens's reading of "Castle of Adventure" is an abbreviated version, although not strictly speaking "dramatised" - Mr Cribbens "does the voices" all by himself!

Perhaps if Ms Carlotta would like to hear the Cribben's version, she might like to PM me?

P.S. I commend Carlotta for her post. Don't be brow-beaten by those who either for self-interested reasons(!) or out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the author strive to protect vested interests. The new age of Postmodernism has declared that the Author is Dead; if so, this means that the Copyright Law has become an anachronism.
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Fiona1986 wrote:Entirely illegal, no doubt about it. You Tube often pulls breaches of copyright so if anyone plans to listen to these I'd do it sooner rather than later.

I agree it would be a shame if parents replaced reading to/with their children with audiobooks but I think they're great for kids regardless. My sister and I used to listen to cassette tapes of stories while we played and also in the car. They would also be good for parents whose own reading skills are perhaps lacking, they can listen along with their child instead.
Well-argued, Fiona. A good balanced point of view.
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