6 comments

  • someperson 1218 days ago
  • wyldfire 1218 days ago
    Gee, somehow it sounded like the headline referred to laptops.
    • saagarjha 1218 days ago
      Prototype Macs, obviously.
  • RcouF1uZ4gsC 1218 days ago
    This is why the number one priority of every library with rare books/manuscript/maps should be to get them digitized and distributed as widely as possible. These old works are out of copyright anyway, so there should not be legal issues to doing that.

    Basically, anything that is stored in a single place is vulnerable.

  • nathanvanfleet 1218 days ago
    So it took them 20 years to reach this conclusion?
    • lopis 1218 days ago
      Yes, it took them 20 years to search 10 million books and objects. Seems reasonable.
  • siraben 1218 days ago
    If we assume there are people in possession of these notebooks, what could incentivize them to return it? Is there any value in holding onto the originals?
    • oh_sigh 1218 days ago
      Something that has happened in the past is an employee stole a valuable book(s) and then died and their children inherited it without knowing what it was. The public appeal reached the kids who then returned the books.
  • maltelandwehr 1218 days ago
    Did anyone check ebay? :)
    • 4gotunameagain 1217 days ago
      More like Christie's, ebay for the rich. They have been caught selling stolen artefacts so many times they now try to "investigate" if the seller has the right to sell.