A needle would easily push tiny dust particles away while lasers have a problem with that. Also, a scratch might be a much bigger problem. Now, if instead of a

A needle would easily push tiny dust particles away while lasers have a problem with that. Also, a scratch might be a much bigger problem. Now, if instead of a relatively simple one scanning laser beam you would make an image of the record with a moving scanner head, exactly like paper scanners and then used what's today is commonly called "AI" ... that could work.