Comment by sethops1
7 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-...
One doesn’t need to pulp the pages after scanning though. After scanning, they could be rebound and put into a library.
That would be a clear case of copyright infringement under current law. You can’t make a copy of a book and then give the original to someone else.
If it's copyright is expired why not?
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