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That hypothetical device does not exist, it's not relevant here.
by SAI_Peregrinus 2y ago
That hypothetical device does not exist, it's not relevant here.
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y agoA live camera feed and IA's page turner exists. Would live streaming the feed work?
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoNo, that's making a copy. Several copies, really, and distributing at least one of them.
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y agoHow about I use a mirror and a lens and fancy fiber optics to do the same thing with no computer involved?
- alexey-salmin 2y agoIt does exist, it's called FPV arm robot. Drive around the library, take books from shelves, open them, turn pages, read. Would be curious to try this because the "ebooks don't wear" argument won't apply.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoThat doesn't solve the fact that the robot can't do the reading for the user. It takes a picture (makes a copy of the page), then sends a copy of that data to some remote user (distributes an infringing copy).
- immibis 2y agoThere was a company that allowed customers to rent DVD players, robotically inserted disks into them and transmitted their video output over the internet. This was ruled illegal. The letter of the law isn't the real law; the real law is that you must pay money to large media corporations or else. We now have two instances.