>It’s outrageous is that it’s legally permissible

No its not.

>but ethically, it’s an extremely serious crime against humanity.

Its only a crime if they dont also upload the scans to the internet.

>After AI companies massively scan and destroy physical books, they become the only ones in the world with digital copies. Knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers.

This Law on the other hand is a crime against humanity.

>Anna’s Archive needs a plan to combat the destruction of physical books by AI companies.

No it doesnt.

>If every person scans a book, and there are 10 million volunteers worldwide, we can obtain 10 million pieces of invaluable wealth.

This however is an unvarnished good.

Look, piracy is the only realistic media archive we have.

We should be inviting, and working to eliminate opposition to, AI companies to assist in piracy.

This US v Them mentality is weird. If Anthropic has 10 million books scanned, get a copy. Thank them for the copy. Spread the copy.