I also tried and failed to &quot;buy out&quot; existing scans for permissive public licensing about five years ago. I actually approached the Law Library Microsoft Consortium, which none of the librarians I knew were even aware of, and couldn&#x27;t get anywhere.<p>Frankly, even now, with Harvard announcement in hand, I doubt I could. It just wasn&#x27;t a thing the institution knew how to do. &quot;Does not compute.&quot;<p>I&#x27;m sorry to hear things have gotten worse.