| ▲ | sethops1 3 hours ago | |
> Aren't they shredding only the books still under copyright protection? How is an 18th century botanical text still under copyright? It's cheaper to scan the books if you do it destructively. Cost. That's why they're shredding irreplaceable texts. Nothing to do with copyright. https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-... | ||
| ▲ | cestith an hour ago | parent [-] | |
One doesn’t need to pulp the pages after scanning though. After scanning, they could be rebound and put into a library. | ||