Destroying books is a crime against humanity. Only bad people willingly destroy books.
AI Firms Are Buying Up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
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#12I thought that title was misleading. They have to cut the book up to scan it. The way it reads makes it seem like they scan it then destroy it afterwards.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
How does the first sale doctrine require these horrific companies to destroy the books?
As near as I can tell, there is no legal pressure for them to do that. They're destroying them because that's how their scanning machinery works.
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#14Once again, see Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. Foresaw exactly this. Written in 2006, takes place in 2025.
I just finished re-reading this a month ago. In the book, the process went a little further. The books were shredded into confetti-sized pieces first, then as the shreds were blown about in the air, many photos were taken, and then AI was used to stitch the fragmentary pieces of text together into the original pages.
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#15I thought that title was misleading. They have to cut the book up to scan it. The way it reads makes it seem like they scan it then destroy it afterwards.
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#16You know who also destroyed old books? The Nazis!
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#17Destroying books is a crime against humanity. Only bad people willingly destroy books.
Well guess I have committed many crimes against humanity because I’ve definitely dumped many cheap paperbacks I bought for holiday reading into the paper recycling container.
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#19Destroying books is a crime against humanity. Only bad people willingly destroy books.
Well guess I have committed many crimes against humanity because I’ve definitely dumped many cheap paperbacks I bought for holiday reading into the paper recycling container.
Here in Europe there are actually anlot of "book corners" where you can just leave books you no longer need & pick up other books people left there.
They are in variois places - train stations, hospitals or even repurposed telephone booths.
Thats where such books belong IMHO - they can still be read by others like this.