nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/1f8f54bcf66a021f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260708s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/1f8f54bcf66a021f doi eng 342 23 Lennartz, Jannis Author aut AI Is Eating the Book World Lennartz, Jannis Verfassungsblog 2026-07-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2011, Marc Andreessen, a key figure in California’s venture capital scene, coined the phrase: “Software is eating the world.” The phrase describes the spread of software into everyday life and the displacement of physical business models. This process continues in an unexpectedly literal sense: AI companies purchase used books, scan them, and dispose of them to gather input for their models. The reason for this seemingly cumbersome method is the expectation that it will fall under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. CC BY-SA 4.0 AI Artificial Intelligence CDSM Directive Copyright EU InfoSoc Directive Text and Data Mining USA (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ai-is-eating-the-book-world/ raw object