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		kube-system 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downl... The importance of acquiring the physical book was the transfer of compensation to the author.

Kim_Bruning 7 months ago [–]

You're not wrong, but that's one heck of a way to do it. It involves the destruction of 7 million books, which ... I really don't quite see the "promotion of Progress of Science and useful Arts" in that.

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