alt Hacker NewsThis is not true. Google Books does not destroy books. No court has ruled that you must destroy books to legally keep a digital copy.
This is not true. Google Books does not destroy books. No court has ruled that you must destroy books to legally keep a digital copy.
I think under first sale doctrine you have a much stronger case with destructive scanning. Google Books, HathiTrust, and Internet Archive's book scanning project have had a lot of legal expenses.