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A coalition of major record labels has filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive—demanding $700 million for our work preserving and providing access to historical 78rpm records. These fragile, obsolete discs hold some of the earliest recordings of a vanishing American culture. But this lawsuit goes far beyond old records. It’s an attack on the Internet Archive itself.
This lawsuit is an existential threat to the Internet Archive and everything we preserve—including the Wayback Machine, a cornerstone of memory and preservation on the internet.
At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled.
This isn’t just about music. It’s about whether future generations will have access to knowledge, history, and culture.
Genuinely curious, as I truly don’t know, has a change.org petition ever made a positive difference when fighting billionaires?
That’s not necessarily the point. Organizing political action has many components and if the IA want these signatures, perhaps they need them. This is not necessarily the same as a random person making a random petition on change.org.
Yea, good point. Maybe something devised by their lawyers that could be used in a court of law to show public opinion without misinterpretation.
It’s a frontend for an email list builder
lmao, valid and true.
Get your placebo and spam sandwich while it’s hot!
Help me understand. The internet archive has digitized old records and is providing access to these recordings to people (paid or unpaid) and music labels want to be paid royalties?
