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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

    • MonkeyBrawler@lemm.eeEnglish
      70·
      1 day ago

      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.

      • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        211·
        17 hours ago

        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.

        • MonkeyBrawler@lemm.eeEnglish
          17·
          16 hours ago

          You seem to have really put a lot of thought into this. What country did you have in mind?

          I’m sure you also understand, it will perform slower the farther away the site is hosted.

          • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            5·
            11 hours ago

            away

            Like, from you personally?

            Aside from Australia or Japan, a move should improve the average ping users experience.
            Most people are not from the us, and given its geographic location nowhere close to it either.