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Music labels are suing the Internet Archive too.
The Internet Archive’s Great 78 project launched in 2017 and streams thousands of digitized 78rpm discs and cylinder recordings for free. Now music labels, including Universal, Sony, and Concord, are suing, citing 2,749 sound-recording copyrights they say it’s infringed and pointing to the Music Modernization Act of 2018 (via Reuters).
They’re pursuing damages of up to $412 million, while the Archive is also battling book publishers in court over its National Emergency Library program.
For more information on the Music Modernization Act, check out this episode of The Vergecast.
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