UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs
Who benefits? — https://www.reuters.com/... John Sullivan / @johns@social.librem.one : Did these record labels really just argue that because something is available on a *streaming* service, there is no reason to worry it may become unavailable? https://torrentfreak.com/... Ian Betteridge / @ianbetteridge@writing.exchange : Hmmm, now what's the phrase I'm looking for? Oh yeah - the record labels are parasites on creative people and should go to hell. — https://www.reuters.com/... James Grimmelmann / @jtlg@mastodon.lawprofs.org : The Internet Archive, having learned nothing from losing a copyright infringement suit to the publishing industry, is now being sued by the record industry. It is deeply frustrating to watch the Archive put the invaluable work it does at risk with its recklessness distributing works under active commercial exploitation. … Bryan Smart / @bryansmart@mstdn.social : @Techmeme @jaybird110127 WTF? These are 78 RPM records, recorded a hundred years ago. The artists are dead. The musicians are dead. Their children are probably dead. If you're trying to live off a song your grandfather played on 100 years ago, then I don't give a shit about how your time on Multi-generational Leach street may be at an end. … @alks@todon.eu : The Internet Archive, who barely just got out of its battle against top publishing houses, is now attacked by major record labels. — https://www.reuters.com/... X: Brewster Kahle / @brewster_kahle : 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/... Adam Pierno / @apierno : Streisand effect in 3, 2, 1 Ryan W. Mead / @rwmead : As much as I hate siding with the music industry on this one, regardless of whose side you were on in the Internet Archive's lending library case, this “Great 78 Project” is an even more blatant and clear-cut thievery of easily accessible content: https://www.reuters.com/... Ted Gioia / @tedgioia : Sony and other labels sue the Internet Archive for its project to preserve rare 78 rpm recordings online. https://www.reuters.com/... As I've noted elsewhere, the record business worships the 3 L's: litigation, legislation, and lobbying. Rory Mitchell / @rorycmitchell : It's called a library, folks. @technology : Sony and other music companies sue the non-profit Internet Archive for posting old copyright-protected records online https://www.bloomberg.com/... Forums: Hacker News : Record Labels File $412M Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Archive r/trackers : Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit * TorrentFreak See also Mediagazer