Gemini suddenly refuses to extract text from scanned books, citing copyright
Mr_VRBeerscuit · reddit · 2026-09-22
A user reports Gemini was extracting text from a scanned book fine until a few hours ago, when it suddenly began refusing with a "this is copyrighted content" warning. The post adds to recent complaints about overly tight guardrails blocking legitimate OCR-style use cases.
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