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Destroying Books Is a Cultural Crime. Project Panama Destroyed Millions of Books with No Legal Consequence

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Anthropic bought millions of books, cut them apart and pulped them after scanning. No court called it a crime. Destroying books is a cultural crime and no ruling changes that.

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A Social Reading App Now Has Five Million Members, and Most of Them Are Women Under 40

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The company's own figures, and a survey of its own users, are the case it is making against the idea that young people have given up on books.

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Authors May Have to Keep Records of How They Write Their Own Books

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

HarperCollins' chief executive says no software can reliably tell a human manuscript from an AI-assisted one, and that a book written with AI help might not be copyrightable at all.