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Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton

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RobotToaster · 1790264567 · focus · HN ↗
The sad part is, imagine how positive this could be if the scans were made available to the public.
1. IrishTechie · 1790264788 · focus · HN ↗
  Might add insult to injury for the publishers/authors though?
  1. RobotToaster · 1790265035 · focus · HN ↗
    Maybe for current in print books, but the concern is about rare books being pulped in this process. If a book is rare then it isn't in print, so nobody is making money out of it.
    nightpool · 1790266394 · focus · HN ↗
    Unfortunately copyright law does not have a squatters-rights exception
    ChickeNES · 1790267224 · focus · HN ↗
    I've believed for years that it really should have one, or at least a "you aren't selling this to the public at a reasonable market-rate price (or via subscription, I care about access far FAR more than ownership), you lose all rights to it" regime.

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