@clayvaulin @Weeble @lain @Moon @coolboymew Your point on value only matters for civil copyright infringement. Their purpose is commercial (Tax status as nonprofit isn't carte blanche) and falls under criminal, value of product is immaterial as there are statutory penalties that can be applied without that sort of consideration.

Reproducing a product while securing away the original for someone remains illegal even if you restrict the ownership to one person. There was a court case 10ish years ago I can't locate where there was an internet service that would let you stream cable over the internet for a locality of your choice. Customers paid the company a fee as well as for exclusive access to a cable line so no sharing or duplication occured. Was found to be illegal and shut down.

Don't get me wrong, I like Archive.org and OpenLibrary. They're just blatantly illegal in their practices.