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When I buy a physical book, am I entitled to scan for myself? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean to distribute, but to scan for myself to read digitally, am I allowed to do that legally and ethically when I buy a physical book or would that be totally unethical and illegal?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If it wasn't fair use I'm sure they would have gone after Kurzweil (popular assistive technology program designed explicitly for scanning books) a long time ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

What a depressing read this is, OpenAI has scraped tons of books and trying to scrape the entire internet and they don't have to worry much, but ordinary people have to think twice for scanning and donating the physical book to someone who might benefit from it, such a dystopic reality