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There is zero reason to shred 18th century books. Any such books are out of copyright.
by D13Fd 2mo ago
There is zero reason to shred 18th century books. Any such books are out of copyright.
- samastur 2mo agoThey are, but using the same process for all books is simpler and cheaper.
- RIMR 2mo agoYes, that is what the person you are responding to is saying. That's why they are questioning the assumption that this practice extends to 18th-century books that are solidly in the public domain. If it is happening, it is an outrage. However, the 404 article doesn't actually provide any evidence of this; it just connects the shredding of digitized books and the digitizing of rare books to the assumed shredding of rare books, which isn't necessarily happening.
- 4ndrewl 2mo agoJust sociopaths doing sociopath things. Bugger civilization.
- qingcharles 2mo agoThough they're not shredded simply due to copyright, they're also shredded due to cost, speed and the quality of the scans.