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Why Are 300 Musicians Fighting an Effort to Protect Copyright?
More than 300 musicians signed a letter denouncing the labels' lawsuit against the Internet Archive for offering free streams of old recordings. Why?
On Dec. 9, the technology activist group Fight for the Future announced that 300 musicians signed an open letter denouncing the lawsuit that labels filed against the Internet Archive for copying and offering free streams of old recordings under its “Great 78” project. The reality, the labels’ lawsuit alleges, is that among the recordings available are Bing Crosby’ s “White Christmas,” Chuck Berry ’s “Roll Over Beethoven” and Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” all of which have considerable commercial life on streaming services. There is no evidence that the Internet Archive copied books and recordings for this reason, but it’s certainly possible that the organization might have wanted to set precedents to make it easier for AI companies to argue that they use copyrighted work for training purposes compensating rightsholders.
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