The Prosecraft Book Heist

Art theft is most commonly thought of as highly-skilled master thieves stealing priceless, antique art off the wall of a great museum. These days, it’s an artist – in this case, an ‘author’ – who scrapes over 20,000 books off the internet to feed an AI enterprise he then charges customers for. It’s the definition of copyright infringement, to say nothing of wage theft. The Prosecraft disaster is the case