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I think people have forgotten that recaptcha was originally designed to help Google transcribe books for their digital library, which is arguably a public good.
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
I think people have forgotten that recaptcha was originally designed to help Google transcribe books for their digital library, which is arguably a public good. Now they're training their self-driving cars with it, which really just benefits them.
- gue5t 9y agoGoogle Books is not public: https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-ever-happened-to-google-books https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-ever-happen...
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoYeah it didn't work out because publishers fought it tooth and nail in copyright court. But that was the original intention.
- calcifer 9y ago> help Google transcribe books for their digital library, which is arguably a public good If they were doing it for a public library or releasing the text as public domain, that would be a public good. As it stands, it's just doing free work for an advertising company.
- djsumdog 9y agoWasn't that before Google bought it and it was owned by a University?