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The Internet Archive needs your help, seriously (blog.archive.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Yet again the Internet Archiving is suffering big this time, a coalition of major record labels filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive demanding $700 million for the extensive catalog of 78 rpm records. 78s are sometimes more than a century old at this point and i bet a lot of them are out of copyright, but i suppose for the few that still are majors are hitting it big towards the IA

This lawsuit is pretty much another existential threat to the Internet Archive and everything it preserves, including the Wayback Machine, and we're fucked if we ever lose access to the Wayback Machine.

the original article asked to sign a petition, but i think a more logical way to support is to donate them directly so that they have more money to better defend themselves in court in this and other cases they'll undoubtedly face in the future

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[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Internet Archive should seriously consider moving outside US juristiction.

[–] MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

irc, it's already backed up to multiple other countries. I assume this isn't some crazy idea, and they've considered this themselves.

Donate to help their defense, or donate to help them move their infrastructure. I think they need money more than they need big brain ideas.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They need to operate out of a different country that respects human knowledge even at the expense of corporations' profits. What exactly that country is, I have no clue.

But yeah. In the short term, moving out of a fascist country to basically anywhere else is a good idea for them.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

None, lol. But there are some who don't give a shit about copyright because it benefits them