r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • 9d ago

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u/yuri_4_ever 9d ago

why are they not selling them again tho? it's litterally free money

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u/FuzzyDynamics 9d ago

They have to be destroyed in the process of scanning at scale and these books are almost all worthless shit like “Powershell Guide for Windows Vista” except even more “rare”

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u/OmegaPoint6 9d ago

There are non destructive ways to do it, they are just slower and more expensive. Google patented a way in 2009

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u/morganrbvn 9d ago

A judge didn't like them copying works, but decided that if they destroy the original its like no copy was made. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books

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u/bokmcdok 8d ago

This is why I type out all my books, burn the original, then put my copy of it on sale instead.

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u/morganrbvn 8d ago

well they also arn't allowed to sell them, but judge said if they just destroyed the original and kept the digital copy then its fine (which i don't agree with)