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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So they bought one copy of millions of different books and cut them off in the process of scanning them?

I mean... ok?

It would have been nicer to not cut them off and donate them after, but I wonder if in US copyright that would have made them less likely to get a pass. Here's hoping they recycled the paper, at least.

[–] ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Despite what publishers would like you to think, it's not illegal to sell or donate used books.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

however in doing so they would no longer be making a backup copy and instead just making an actual copy.