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Comment by pstuart | Hacker News Reader

A couple thoughts:

  * They're only buying a single copy of that book as they only need one to scan

  * If the book was public domain (or should be), then there should be an effort to "democratize" that data into a public commons of intellectual property?

Would that an enhancement to the Library of Congress or such?

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A couple answers…

Why do you think for even a moment that they would buy only one copy, rather than every available copy of something rare and difficult to get? Anyone doing this stands to gain from destroying the only copies of something that has scarcity, to stop competitors from ever getting access to it. That's a serious concern.

Why would they do that? What is this 'should' to a company that would do this in the first place? Are you not suggesting the opposite of what they aim to produce?

That seems really speculative. I think you're assuming the maximum possible evil intent for no reason, mostly because you hate AI and anyone involved in it.

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