Nothing makes me more angry than publishers who act like this. I regularly deal with the academic publishing industry and feel the pain of professors and students alike.

The usual suspects are involved here -

>I call on the executives at Hachette, HarperCollins, Wiley, and Penguin Random House to come together with us to help solve the pressing challenges to access to knowledge during this pandemic.

The publishing industry should take a cue from the gaming industry. Offer games at a reasonable price, make delivery easy and you only stand to profit. Services like Steam, GOG, Epic et al have massively reduced game piracy. If books were being sold for a couple of dollars each online, we would not need lawsuits like this.