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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Complaint claims organization’s “Great 78 Project,” which includes music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more serves as an “illegal record store”

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[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 51 points 11 months ago

The internet archive has been an invaluable resource to my academic work, preserving sources that otherwise would have been lost to time.

Shame to see it under attack as of late.

You know you've sold your soul when your career choices require you to compose this line, and to do so pejoratively.

"Internet Archive unabashedly seeks to provide free and unlimited access to music for everyone"

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 27 points 11 months ago

"In reality, Defendants are nothing more than mass infringers."

Nothing more? Really? I mean it sounds like they are on shaky ground with this project, but that statement seems awfully reductive. It's okay; they are allowed to be important and good and also be wrong (if they are, I'm not a lawyer).

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 28 points 11 months ago

Given the age of the music they cite this whole thing reminds me how ridiculously long copyright terms are.

Yep. Wouldn't want to damage the highly profitable market for checks notes pre-1972 78rpm digitalizations.

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 14 points 11 months ago

Imo modern copyright and trademarks will be our downfall. Can't get shit done because big companies can just lock shit behind a closet for almost over a lifetime.

[-] Hitchie_Rawtin@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[-] yip-bonk@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I hate Record Labels.

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