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re: A.I. Companies buying old & rare books , scanning & then destroying them, WHY?

Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:50 pm to
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:50 pm to
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:52 pm to

There is a non-destructive machine available.

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Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
62715 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:57 pm to
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They aren't buying every copy of one book. They're buying one copy of every book. Other copies still exist.


Ok then, what’s the issue
Posted by rocksteady
Member since Sep 2013
3391 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 3:30 pm to
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Ok then, what’s the issue


To get idiots like 4chubs riled up about skynet trying to steal her university of phoenix class assignment for gender studies
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
20748 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 3:42 pm to
This is people panicking over nothing. Even if the book is rare there are still copies out there.

The headline alludes to a one copy book being destroyed. Click bait
Posted by Zgeo
Baja Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2021
4380 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 4:23 pm to
So they can rewrite history and info to their desires
Posted by Prodigal Son
Member since May 2023
2064 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 4:31 pm to
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It is an attempt at a copyright loophole for fair use.

I don’t doubt this is the initial intent. I just doubt that it is the final result.
Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
18347 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:49 pm to
What’s the difference between buying rare books, such as early print editions, and those in the public domain?
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
20542 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:54 pm to
Don’t worry. They are only stealing GOOD ideas. Relax.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
27626 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:05 pm to
Because it is the law.
Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
6390 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:07 pm to
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Yeah I had this conversation with my brother recently. He’s a software engineer. I sent him a paper I’m working on and he told me copy and pasted it into AI and I got pissed. I don’t want AI stealing my ideas. I think there will be a lot of lawsuits sooner than later about AI’s uncredited plagiarism of what users input.


I think it will be the opposite. It will be increasingly hard for education institutions to pick up on plagiarism or original thought. The only way going forward will be from oral essays, exams, etc., I mean at that point why do you need a lot of college grads as AI can take there place in the desk portion of their jobs. The future will be interesting and scary.

Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
6390 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:12 pm to
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So they can rewrite history and info to their desires


They do this regardless of the rarity of books.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
21768 posts
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:22 pm to
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shades of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the attempt to establish "Year Zero"

Homegrown Pot > Pol Pot
Kama Sutra > Khmer Rouge
Posted by jp4lsu
Member since Sep 2016
7757 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 6:30 am to
The movie "The Book of Eli" comes to mind.
Very underrated movie btw with twist at the end.

Is this really happening? I guess we need to get out and buy the classics.
We are heading into some scary times with AI being controlled by leftist that want to control everything, debt will collapse the dollar, socialist and communist on the rise.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
27752 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 6:33 am to
The Sumerians did it as well as the Mayans. Rinse & repeat.
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