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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The content is 403 for me. I imagine these are copies, and not rares or one of a kinds.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You would hope so, but I am not so sure.
Edit: here’s a snapshot for you: https://archive.is/pBkPr

[–] ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Even if every book had copies readily available, trashing millions of books is immensely wasteful.

People decry mass book burnings, but when tech bros do the same shit, they don't even blink.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I didn't say it was a good thing

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago

From the article:

The court documents don't indicate that any rare books were destroyed in this process—Anthropic purchased its books in bulk from major retailers