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zerr on April 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why my book can be downloaded for free (2014)

Nowadays books get leaked directly from the publisher, no need to OCR.

perpetualpatzer on April 26, 2020 [–]

More typically, broken drm on digital editions, but yes. It's pervasive and typically doesn't require scanning.

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