Corona-specific issues aside, I'll bet that publishers don't care that much about the current situation. I do believe however that they're after a precedent be

Corona-specific issues aside, I'll bet that publishers don't care that much about the current situation. I do believe however that they're after a precedent being set, and though I'm definitely not a lawyer, I know that at least for brands and trademarks, you have to defend your property or lose it. The same might apply to their literary IP. If IA does it, then 'anyone else can do it', in which case the entire value of publishers business is vaporized. My instinct is that the publishers want the IA to 'stop doing it' and the situation will likely end up something along those lines.