Brewster KahleAug 13, 2023

Now the Washington lawyers want to destroy digital collections of scratchy 78rpm records, 70-120 year old, built by dedicated preservationists online since 2006.

Who benefits?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/music-labels-sue-internet-archive-over-digitized-record-collection-2023-08-12/

Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection

Universal Music Group <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/UMG.AS" target="_blank">(UMG.AS)</a>, Sony Music Entertainment <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/6758.T" target="_blank">(6758.T)</a> and other record labels on Friday sued the nonprofit Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its streaming collection of digitized music from vintage records.

Reuters
Show threadJerrDansel
@brewsterkahle Seriously, I’m on the Archive’s side, but do you have any evidence that it’s “Washington lawyers,“ whatever that’s supposed to really mean, and maybe not publishers that are behind this?
Aug 13, 2023 at 7:10pmWeb