Two things being overlooked here. First, buying and scanning books for AI training was judged legal, not illegal, according to the article. Second, destructive

Two things being overlooked here. First, buying and scanning books for AI training was judged legal, not illegal, according to the article. Second, destructive scanning is a cool and useful service. I've used it myself to turn old books into PDFs. And this isn't Alexandria; these are all books for which many copies exist.