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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain

the Guardian‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AISecondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed

billwashere@billwashere@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩

Don’t they have robots to scan books that don’t require destruction? I’m all for scanning books for lots of reasons, but destroying them in the process seems unnecessary.

acockworkorange@acockworkorange@mander.xyz

Replying to @⁨billwashere@lemmy.world⁩

Apparently a judge in bumfuck, CA decided it’s not copyright infringement if they destroy the media they copied afterwards. Not kidding (except for the location).

⁨Aug⁩ ⁨6⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨13:24⁩en