097 - Scam Time - John Rogers and collectable photographs

This week we’re talking about John Rogers, a memorabilia mogul who flew too close to the sun (fueled by cocaine) by buying up newspaper photo collections and promising digital archives in return, while flogging the rarest photos for a profit. A warning to libraries and museums to be careful when a new digitization scheme rides into town! https://defector.com/he-said-he-was-going-to-save-a-century-of-priceless-sports-photos-he-ended-up-the-madoff-of-memorabilia  Media mentioned https://www.cnet.com/tech/openai-sued-by-authors-alleging-chatgpt-trained-on-their-writing/ https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Point (Teilhard’s idea) https://www.polygon.com/23779892/mtg-the-one-ring-found-how-much-price-spain