PerfectDark@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare booksgardinerbryant.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1513arrow-down112
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-linkAI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare booksgardinerbryant.comPerfectDark@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 day agoThey destroy them to comply with fair use laws. A judge in San Francisco ruled this practice as fair use.
minus-squaredil@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoI think rare here may just mean misprints or something else rather than them destroying the one and only copy of books
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoNo, they plunder antiquitarian book shops around the globe. There exist very few copies of those books around and they sure aren’t digitized anywhere.
They destroy them to comply with fair use laws. A judge in San Francisco ruled this practice as fair use.
I think rare here may just mean misprints or something else rather than them destroying the one and only copy of books
No, they plunder antiquitarian book shops around the globe. There exist very few copies of those books around and they sure aren’t digitized anywhere.