“When people want to listen to music they go to Spotify. When people want to study sound recordings as they were originally created, they go to libraries like the Internet Archive. Both are needed. There shouldn’t be conflict here.” - @brewsterkahle
Read our full statement about the recording industry lawsuit against our library: https://blog.archive.org/2023/08/14/internet-archive-responds-to-recording-industry-lawsuit-targeting-obsolete-media/
@internetarchive @brewsterkahle It's _weird_ how the big labels have the time and money to sue archivists working under fair use but continue to look the other way as the streaming services that have decimated the music industry continue to do so by paying artists pennies for hours of their creative energy.
I'm sure the fact that the labels are robustly compensated by the streamers has nothing to do with this and does not in any way create a conflict of interest, though.
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