What is the point of putting the Archive at risk though? The same battle could have been fought by a new entity that only digitally lent books, without putting the archives at risk. You seem to be implying that putting more at risk will make them fight harder, which seems ridiculous. What I see is them needlessly choosing this as a hill to die on.
Putting the glorious Archive "at risk" is equivalent to charging the enemy all together behind our king. Sure, a risky move, but undoubtedly very encouraging. The battle is not only legal, but mostly social and PR. A new entity, independent from the Archive, would receive few popular support, and if the book parasites killed it nobody would be really bothered. Yet, if they try to kill the Archive, that's a huge mess on their part that nobody can forget nor forgive.
