PerfectDark@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare booksgardinerbryant.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1465arrow-down1external-linkAI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare booksgardinerbryant.comPerfectDark@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squaremarius@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours 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-up6·13 hours 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.