World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’
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As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.

As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna’s Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.

  • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    55 minutes ago

    I have repurposed an old Xbox external drive and have been ripping every optical disc in my extended family’s houses as well as opened it up to friends, anyone who wants to add to the collection is welcome to take from it, all I have to do is bring the drive with me, and they can grab whatever they want off it.

    Fuck IP laws, fuck trademarks, fuck copyright.

    If companies get to arbitrarily decide we can’t have access to things (especially if you have given someone money for it), then why should we give a fuck what they think?