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 the survival of these ...

According to Ars Technica, major labels are now seeking a $700 million in damages over the Archive's Great 78 Project, which digitizes those ancient, crackly records your great-grandparents stored ...

The labels call Internet Archive's efforts "blatant infringement," involving music by artists that include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.

What is the difference between 78, 45, and 33 RPM records? Obviously most people would say the speed, which of course is true to a degree. But as [Techmoan] covers in a recent video, there’s … ...

The Internet Archive has been working to make early sound recording accessible online through their "Great 78" project. Now, they are facing a lawsuit from major record labels.

Out of his nearly 10,000 78 RPM records, one of his favorites is “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” by Blind Willie Johnson. “It’s a blues instrumental that was recorded December 1927.

Miller’s research found that this 78 was probably produced by a company in Indiana. Gennett Records would let people pay for studio time and press the number of 78s they wanted, even Klan members.

Record Labels Sue Internet Archive for Digitized Music of Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and More: Labelling the “Great 78 Project” as an “illegal record store." ...