Where did you see they tend to buy all the copies? This comment is the first time I've heard of this.

wmeredith 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'd also be curious about the provenance of that statement. Why would they buy all copies? What would be the purpose of scanning multiple copies?

	▲	dataflow 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I could see buying multiple copies being useful to mitigate problems, like damage. But buying all the copies is categorically different and I cannot imagine why they would attempt that, except perhaps to prevent their competition from getting a hold of the same text?

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p-e-w 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s just another lie of the type these threads tend to be filled with nowadays.

Of course they aren’t buying “all copies”, and that wouldn’t even be possible in most cases since such books are usually flea market/attic material and most copies aren’t for sale (or even catalogued) to begin with.

I’d be interested to learn who comes up with such lies though. Is it really just random people venting their frustration, or some kind of organized astroturfing operation?

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diseasedyak 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It really does seem like an organized operation, given that it's so prevalent and they all seem to be in lockstep with their specious claims.

	▲	wongarsu 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this outrage is fueled by the same actors as the AI data center water outrage. Whoever they are

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vavos 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think these type of lies usually come about as a result of a game of broken telephone and things get exaggerated