Internet Archive resolves its dispute with music editors through a confidential agreement

He Internet Archive He has reached an agreement with several recordings, including UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment, to end the demand related to the Great 78 Projectyour initiative to preserve old musical recordings on vinyl records. As Ars Technica mentions, the details of the agreement are confidential and, therefore, the exact compensation figure is never known.

The demand initially raised possible Damage for 400 million dollars. It was alleged that the recordings had lost reproductions when the recordings were available on this website. Subsequently, the plaintiffs added more supposedly offending works, raising the figure to 700 million. However, experts in the music sector indicated that the real impact on downloads and reproductions was minimal. Therefore, they concluded that the damage would probably not exceed $ 41,000.

The agreement also includes Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, and the sound engineer George Blood, who were among the demands of the demand. The organization confirmed in its blog that “the parties have reached a confidential resolution of all claims and there will be no more public comments on this matter.”

A file that preserves Internet wealth

It must be remembered that this repository not only preserves musical recordings, but also very varied files, including MS-DOS installation files, historical documents and digital libraries. In fact, we already explain how to download and install this system from the Internet Archive. This type of collections is essential to document and preserve the wealth of digital assets on the network.

With the agreement, the Archive Internet ends one of the legal challenges with the greatest economic affectation in its recent history. Despite its financial problems, the organization continues to digitize and store information. In fact, Internet Archive has expanded its role in the preservation of official documents of the United States as a reference library for public access and research.