Major record labels are suing the Internet Archive, accusing the nonprofit of copyright infringement for its “Great 78 Project.” The project digitizes sound recordings on 78 RPM records ...

This would prevent the project from reaching its goal: making "available for free every 78 rpm recording ever created." Days after record labels filed their complaint, a court document was ...

By 1925, the speed of the record became standardised at a nominal value of 78 rpm. However, the standard was to differ between America and the rest of the world. The actual 78 speed in America was ...

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 ...

But as [Techmoan] covers in a recent video, there’s a whole lot more to the playback of 78 RPM records. Especially the older type without so-called ‘microgrooves’. Even if you have a record ...

"Now the Washington lawyers want to destroy digital collections of scratchy 78 rpm records, 70-120 years old, built by dedicated preservationists online since 2006," said Kahle, via Twitter.

The Internet Archive says its Great 78 project is preserving history, but major labels call it a "massive, unauthorized, digital record store of recordings." By Bill Donahue Universal Music ...

The labels' lawsuit ... The Great 78 Project encourages donations of 78-rpm records -- the dominant record format from the early 1900s until the 1950s -- for the group to digitize to "ensure ...

What would you do if you bought an old record from a thrift store on a whim ... senior reporter with MLive who enjoys collecting rare 78 RPM records, stuff he describes as never making it to ...

“We, the undersigned musicians, wholeheartedly oppose major record labels’ unjust lawsuit targeting ... its streaming of 70 to 120-year-old 78 rpm records under its Great 78 Project.