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Re:AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare boo... by beering on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:18AM (#49388486)
This is not true. Google Books does not destroy books. No court has ruled that you must destroy books to legally keep a digital copy.
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Re:AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare boo... by tingletech on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:56AM (#49390016)
I think under first sale doctrine you have a much stronger case with destructive scanning. Google Books, HathiTrust, and Internet Archive's book scanning project have had a lot of legal expenses.
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