A judge ruled bulk book scanning for AI training can qualify as fair use
gnukeith · x · 2026-07-29
Judge rules book scanning for AI training can qualify as fair use
The post reacts to a report that AI companies are buying books in bulk, scanning them to train models, and then destroying the originals. It highlights a 2025 federal ruling that said the practice qualifies as fair use.
The commenter’s concern is less about the training pipeline itself and more about the broader implication: if companies can digitize and discard physical books, they could effectively control how historical records are preserved and presented. The post frames this as a worry about who gets to “rewrite” history.
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