alt.hn

7/29/2026 at 10:52:51 AM

AI companies buy, scan, shred rare and out-of-print books

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/internet/ai-labs-buy-scan-shred-millions-of-rare-books/news-story/0c3b45a67093ab462a587a0348538ce9

by throw0101a

7/29/2026 at 6:19:49 PM

> The Anthropic copyright case set the precedent — the US court ruled that by making a digital copy and destroying the physical in a one-for-one transfer, the process is deemed “transformative” and therefore protected by fair use.

They're destroying books on purpose to launder the copyrights.

by bsimpson