TragicNotCute

Nah, it’s more the two pizzas thing.

I imagine they were talking about destruction in a practical sense. Disassembling the book and scanning it like that is faster and cheaper than purpose build book scanning machines.

Additionally, court documents indicate they generally just throw them away afterwards. So the knowledge is retained, but that book is destroyed.

https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hub_feeds/3415/feed_items/14341220

It’s interesting that the same laissez-faire attitude doesn’t carry over to you owing them money.