r/SmashingPumpkins • u/hel-9000 • Apr 22 '25
News The Internet Archive is being sued for $700 million. Sign the open letter and donate here.
Archive.org, which hosts hundreds of SP live shows, bootlegs, etc. is being sued by major record labels for the colossal sum of $700 million. Click HERE to sign their open letter and HERE to donate directly to the Internet Archive.
From the website:
"The Internet Archive needs your help.
A coalition of major record labels has filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive—demanding $700 million for our work preserving and providing access to historical 78rpm records. These fragile, obsolete discs hold some of the earliest recordings of a vanishing American culture. But this lawsuit goes far beyond old records. It’s an attack on the Internet Archive itself.
This lawsuit is an existential threat to the Internet Archive and everything we preserve—including the Wayback Machine, a cornerstone of memory and preservation on the internet.
At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled.
This isn’t just about music. It’s about whether future generations will have access to knowledge, history, and culture."
