PerfectDark@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoAI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare booksgardinerbryant.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down114
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minus-squaremarius@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoI’ve read somewhere that it has to do with copyright, i.e. if you destroy the original, then it’s not a copy and therefore allowed
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoNo, it’s far cheaper to scan a stack of loose papers than it is to scan a bound book, that’s why they’re cutting the pages out. And most of the books aren’t that valuable, even if they’re rare. So it’s an accounting decision to destroy the books.
I’ve read somewhere that it has to do with copyright, i.e. if you destroy the original, then it’s not a copy and therefore allowed
No, it’s far cheaper to scan a stack of loose papers than it is to scan a bound book, that’s why they’re cutting the pages out. And most of the books aren’t that valuable, even if they’re rare. So it’s an accounting decision to destroy the books.