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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
(Though for an ereader with buttons you could just have the robot press the button rather than flipping pages, it should be easier than the more complicated action of turning a page in a paper book)
EDIT: I was right https://www.mhpbooks.com/austrian-pr...ss-kindle-drm/ |
It's not much harder to swipe the pages and you can buy a USB driven robotic style arm for under €200. But actually commercial pirates often use a paper copy and convert it to ebook.
Anyway, armchair speculation is pointless. You want to talk to prosecutors and also to legal departments of Corporations that have sued internet uploaders and people operating the sites.
Archive.org is a well financed breaker of copyright. They've been scanning books in copyright for years and their Open Library concept flouts copyright.
Google was taken to court and won, but on the basis that they are not redistributing the copyright content they scan, only using it for search. I expect that decision to be revisited. They also have their own definition of an Orphan Work. Their preview algorithm potentially allows a team to capture an entire book from Google.