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AI Is Destroying Rare Books | Australia News
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- Aug 1, 2026
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AI companies are quietly buying up rare and historic books—not to read them, but to scan and destroy them for training algorithms, sparking outrage among booksellers who fear the irreversible loss of cultural artifacts. Legal filings reveal companies dismantling books, pulping pages after scanning, and courts have ruled it legal under copyright law as “transformative use.” Now, intermediaries like Zoom Books are suspected of funneling obscure titles into this pipeline, raising alarms as AI’s hunger for data threatens physical book heritage. While AI firms claim they avoid rare volumes and Zoom insists it resells intact books, the mystery deepens—and so does the worry that history is being erased one spine at a time. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/250bcf3150e29e06