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"On Thursday, music labels sought to add nearly 500 more sound recordings to a
lawsuit accusing the Internet Archive (IA) of mass copyright infringement
through its Great 78 Project, which seeks to digitize all 3 million
three-minute recordings published on 78 revolutions-per-minute (RPM) records
from about 1898 to the 1950s.
If the labels' proposed second amended complaint is accepted by the court,
damages sought in the case—which some already feared could financially ruin IA
and shut it down for good—could increase to almost $700 million. (Initially,
the labels sought about $400 million in damages.)
IA did not respond to
Ars' request for comment, but the filing noted that IA
has not consented to music labels' motion to amend their complaint."
Via David.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
