AI companies may need physical-book scans to defend training-data lawsuits
paulnovosad · x · 2026-07-28
AI companies are building scan databases to defend against copyright claims
The post argues that companies do not necessarily need physical rare books themselves; what matters is having a large enough scan database to make it plausible they purchased the physical copies at some point.
The reply adds a sharper AI-specific point: many AI companies already have access to the content through sources like Anna’s Archive, but they may still want scans of physical books so they can better defend themselves in lawsuits from copyright holders.
The underlying issue is legal risk management around training data and copyright evidence, not access to the text itself.
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