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The Recording Industry attacks the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine (lemmy.world)
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[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 94 points 3 days ago

Don't yall just love opening up the Way back machine page and loading up your playlist and using that instead of Spotify?

Fucking idiots.

[-] AugustWest@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I disagree with the big labels, preservation is important and they are not selling this music anyways (at least not as scratchy old 78 recordings) but... I do stream a lot from the archive and I am not alone. There are apps for a ton of live music, all with bands that agreed to it.

But There is even a 78 app for listening to the 78's.

I won't use Spotify though.

m3u text based playlists kick ass. Everything else... Meh.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

yeah I was wondering what has music to do with the wayback machine?

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 28 points 2 days ago

The Internet Archive does more than just the Wayback Machine.
They have a project called Great78, to archive every 78 RPM record, since they are deteriorating. The lawsuits from the music firms are taking issue with that, depsite no-one using it as a replacement for buying or streaming music. The "Damages" are bullshit.
Funding the lawsuit, and potentially losing it does threaten the Wayback Machine, and the archive as a whole.

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