It is a sign of the times that Amazon gets to call this fair use

Amazon is purchasing rare books in bulk, destroying them by cutting off their bindings to scan them for AI training data, according to a 404 Media investigation that tracked books to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas. The practice raises concerns about intellectual property theft and the destruction of culturally and historically valuable materials, contrasting sharply with the Internet Archive's preservation-focused approach to digitization that maintains the physical integrity of books while providing digital access.