Anthropic wins fair use victory for AI – but still in trouble for stealing books

22 taubek 2 6/25/2025, 8:44:56 PM simonwillison.net ↗

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gnabgib · 7h ago

Discussion (168 points, 1 day ago, 201 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44367850

roywiggins · 6h ago

> Then, its service providers stripped the books from their bindings, cut their pages to size, and scanned the books into digital form — discarding the paper originals.

This is basically the plot to Vinge's Rainbows End, AI and all.