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Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge

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394 points pyman | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 09:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.3s | source
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jimnotgym ◴[07 Jul 25 17:30 UTC] No.44492677[source]▶
Hang on, it is OK under copyright law to scan a book I bought second hand, destroy the hard copy and keep the scan in my online library? That doesn't seem to chime with the copyright notices I have read in books.
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1. kube-system ◴[07 Jul 25 18:07 UTC] No.44493079[source]▶
Fair use can be a pretty gray area and details matter, but copying for personal use is frequently okay.

> That doesn't seem to chime with the copyright notices I have read in books.

You shouldn't get your legal advice from someone with skin in the game.