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Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 12, 2025
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'Old Oaken Bucket', performed by Herbert Witherspoon, written by Samuel Woodworth, (1917)

Congratulations, music industry – you've found a way to make people hate you even more than when you sued 12-year-olds for downloading Britney Spears songs.

This time they're targeting the Internet Archive for the unforgivable crime of preserving history. According t…

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