Google faced a decade of litigation for making books searchable. It's all downside and little upside for a business.
They could scan and store the data until the copyright expires without issue probably. It's a long time line to work with but you could probably get away with it that way.
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They could scan and store the data until the copyright expires without issue probably. It's a long time line to work with but you could probably get away with it that way.