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The IA is risking all the work they’ve done so far. If they want to archive copyrighted material, they should do it and sit on it until the copyright expires.

The IA is risking all the work they’ve done so far. If they want to archive copyrighted material, they should do it and sit on it until the copyright expires. If the hope is that the archive is around 1000 years from now, then what’s the rush to release these 78’s right now?

ocdtrekkie 3y ago
Exactly! This is entirely on the IA for refusing to recognize they don't have the inherent right to violate copyright at their leisure. The reason they will keep getting into this is because they keep insisting they aren't doing anything wrong. If preservation of unprofitable content is the goal, sit down with the lawyers and hammer out conditions under which the IA can be given permission to preserve content. A good negotiator can probably even get record labels to pay for it if they think they're getting a copyright win. The IA doesn't respect copyright to a fault and it shows and they're going to keep losing as long as they believe they're entitled to ignore it.
- InSteady 3y ago
  Content is not necessarily preserved for the good of humanity of no one alive today is likely to access it during the productive years of their life. Who knows what the future holds legally, politically, or more broadly. Whether they are likely to win or lose, IA is fighting the good fight on behalf of humanity. They are entitled to fight that fight, regardless of whether you think they should shrink back and stay in some arbitrary lane that copyright lawyers decide is financially irrelevant.
ianburrell 3y ago
Also, they could have program where researchers register and then login to access the content. That would go a long way towards supporting scholarship fair use. They wouldn't even have to be strict about joining especially for something niche like this.
- rolandog 3y ago
  But, also, what makes someone a researcher? Do you have to forcefully be affiliated to a University, a Newspaper, or similar institution? Then the world would be missing out on work done by independent researchers, journalists, etc.

ocdtrekkie 3y ago

Exactly! This is entirely on the IA for refusing to recognize they don't have the inherent right to violate copyright at their leisure. The reason they will keep getting into this is because they keep insisting they aren't doing anything wrong. If preservation of unprofitable content is the goal, sit down with the lawyers and hammer out conditions under which the IA can be given permission to preserve content. A good negotiator can probably even get record labels to pay for it if they think they're getting a copyright win. The IA doesn't respect copyright to a fault and it shows and they're going to keep losing as long as they believe they're entitled to ignore it.

InSteady 3y ago
Content is not necessarily preserved for the good of humanity of no one alive today is likely to access it during the productive years of their life. Who knows what the future holds legally, politically, or more broadly. Whether they are likely to win or lose, IA is fighting the good fight on behalf of humanity. They are entitled to fight that fight, regardless of whether you think they should shrink back and stay in some arbitrary lane that copyright lawyers decide is financially irrelevant.

ianburrell 3y ago

Also, they could have program where researchers register and then login to access the content. That would go a long way towards supporting scholarship fair use. They wouldn't even have to be strict about joining especially for something niche like this.

rolandog 3y ago
But, also, what makes someone a researcher? Do you have to forcefully be affiliated to a University, a Newspaper, or similar institution? Then the world would be missing out on work done by independent researchers, journalists, etc.