@PurpCat @RustyCrab @sneeden @SockPuppet @PunishedD IA also tagged the digital copies and had a physical one in a shelf, with DRM added to track lending. basically like real online libraries do, they just didn't get licenses before doing it :ablobcatgooglytenor:

though i saw some of these book scanners back in the day. hobbyists started doing it, rigging canon cameras with magic lantern and all that.

nowadays you can buy some chinese rigs for this off amazon (lmao)