| ▲ | JohnFen 11 hours ago |
| > because copyright law forces them to do stupid things. Baloney. They aren't forced to destroy books. They could leave well enough alone and not scan them to begin with. They're voluntarily choosing to do this. |
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| ▲ | brainwad 9 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Let us not forget they own the books. They bought them legally on the open market. Also, no modern book truly is destroyed forever, there are always libraries of record with a copy. |
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| ▲ | JohnFen 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Let us not forget they own the books. That's rather beside the point. I don't think anyone is arguing that what they're doing is in some way illegal. > no modern book I'm less concerned about modern books. | | |
| ▲ | brainwad 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | All the books being destroyed are modern enough to have deposited copies, or they wouldn't be still under copyright. The destruction is happening to satisfy judges that no illegal copying is happening, only a transformation of medium. |
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