AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
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Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#2"...Internal documents unsealed in legal filings in January revealed that Anthropic was acutely aware of how negatively such a project would be received outside the company.
“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” ..."
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#3"...Internal documents unsealed in legal filings in January revealed that Anthropic was acutely aware of how negatively such a project would be received outside the company. “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” ..."
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They do this because the law required it.
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#4"...Internal documents unsealed in legal filings in January revealed that Anthropic was acutely aware of how negatively such a project would be received outside the company. “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” ..."
Don't like it? Change copyright. They do this because the law required it.
What did the law require ?
And since when do AI companies care about copyright law ?
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#5Once again, see Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. Foresaw exactly this. Written in 2006, takes place in 2025.
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#6"...Internal documents unsealed in legal filings in January revealed that Anthropic was acutely aware of how negatively such a project would be received outside the company. “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” ..."
Don't like it? Change copyright. They do this because the law required it.
They ignored the same copyright laws in many other cases. Why do we believe they were abiding strictly by it this time?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't like it? Change copyright. They do this because the law required it.
What did the law require ? And since when do AI companies care about copyright law ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
> After the initial transfer of ownership of a legal copy of a copyrighted work, the first-sale doctrine eliminates the copyright holder's right to control ownership of that specific copy.
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#8Glad the news broke. Now the market price for old books will shoot up
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#9Glad the news broke. Now the market price for old books will shoot up
Remember to use LOCKSS, everyon
Re: AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
#10You know who also destroyed old books? The Nazis!