Someone throw the book at 'em!
They’ll scan it and say, “please, sir, may I have some more.” Leeches.
Great that they are digitalising, but can’t they also find a non destructive way to do so? I wonder… Books have always been there and are inherent to our history and human existence. This should not be happening, ever. Books need to be well preserved.
But the destruction is the essential part, ironically, that makes this copying kosher for copyright purposes:
Destroying books, it turns out, isn’t just cheaper than maintaining them: The presiding judge also ruled that it’s transformative enough to constitute fair use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
So, somehow, destroying the books afterwards makes it all legal. In spite of the fact that no author who wrote a book in all of human history before about 3 years ago had to worry about a chatbot sucking up all of its work, and vomiting it back out, without compensation.
Did you read about it? The destruction is the part they are interested in
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Please enlighten us
They commit mass amounts of copyright infringement before burning the books.
Good heavens! I’m starting to think there’s something rotten in this “steal people’s work, regurgitate it back at them at great environmental cost and if they don’t like it, force it down their throats at every opportunity” industry
Mind providing the parts that you think are more relevant?
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