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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·7 hours agoDigitized for private consumption. Nobody cares when Google did this or when archive.org does this, because they’re sharing the results with the world. (Idiotic shortsighted lawsuits from the authors guild notwithstanding)
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoin this case they often are actually destroying them. they take them apart, beause it’s easier to scan than to use a proper book scanner
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoYeah that’s true of Google as well I believe. I think Archive is more careful, but I’m sure some books get damaged in the process there as well.
Digitized for private consumption.
Nobody cares when Google did this or when archive.org does this, because they’re sharing the results with the world. (Idiotic shortsighted lawsuits from the authors guild notwithstanding)
in this case they often are actually destroying them. they take them apart, beause it’s easier to scan than to use a proper book scanner
Yeah that’s true of Google as well I believe. I think Archive is more careful, but I’m sure some books get damaged in the process there as well.