Copyright Laws Backfire on AI: Destroy Scanned Books and No Sharing?
beenwrekt · x · 2026-07-30
Yoav Goldberg criticizes the extreme restrictions current copyright laws place on AI training data. He points out that copyright mechanisms effectively force companies to both destroy the physical books they scan and refrain from sharing the digital scans (to maintain the illusion of a "single copy"). He argues that this is insane and makes pirating old books morally superior, encouraging people to donate to shadow libraries like Anna's Archive.
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