This post from the IA really pisses me off. They poked the bear and now they are trying to make it look like this law suite is some sort of unprovoked attack. They can’t seem to accept the fact they there choices have consequences.
The reason the Wayback machine is in danger is that they decided to start distributing copyrighted music. I wouldn’t normally support big publishers and media but in this case it seems like they have fair grounds for once. IA needs to respect the wishes of others regarding copyright especially if they want the Way back machine to survive. This entire thing could have been avoided if they weren’t so reckless and arrogant. They had the full support of the US copyright office so they could’ve continued to operate the Way back machine with no consequences.
I mean, the stuff in the Great 78 Project is stuff that is so old that copyright was not designed to support the lengths of time they currently do so archiving wasn’t as big of a concern because the media it was created on would be less likely to deteriorate in that time. When the owner is a corporation who for the most part not only doesn’t sell but refuses to archive works that are breaking down due to the physical age of the media and would rather the works disappear than allow for archiving, how are they harmed to the tune of $150,000 per recording? And who is this benefiting to let recordings, stories, and other art forms literally turn to dust with no monetary profit going to anyone in most cases if it’s not archived.
This has nothing to do with right or wrong. It is totally a matter of them breaking the law. If they wanted to protect the Wayback machine they shouldn’t of played with fire. They could’ve applied for a copyright exception or tried to negotiate something with a publisher.
If nothing else they should’ve created a seperate legal entity
This post from the IA really pisses me off. They poked the bear and now they are trying to make it look like this law suite is some sort of unprovoked attack. They can’t seem to accept the fact they there choices have consequences.
The reason the Wayback machine is in danger is that they decided to start distributing copyrighted music. I wouldn’t normally support big publishers and media but in this case it seems like they have fair grounds for once. IA needs to respect the wishes of others regarding copyright especially if they want the Way back machine to survive. This entire thing could have been avoided if they weren’t so reckless and arrogant. They had the full support of the US copyright office so they could’ve continued to operate the Way back machine with no consequences.
I mean, the stuff in the Great 78 Project is stuff that is so old that copyright was not designed to support the lengths of time they currently do so archiving wasn’t as big of a concern because the media it was created on would be less likely to deteriorate in that time. When the owner is a corporation who for the most part not only doesn’t sell but refuses to archive works that are breaking down due to the physical age of the media and would rather the works disappear than allow for archiving, how are they harmed to the tune of $150,000 per recording? And who is this benefiting to let recordings, stories, and other art forms literally turn to dust with no monetary profit going to anyone in most cases if it’s not archived.
This has nothing to do with right or wrong. It is totally a matter of them breaking the law. If they wanted to protect the Wayback machine they shouldn’t of played with fire. They could’ve applied for a copyright exception or tried to negotiate something with a publisher.
If nothing else they should’ve created a seperate legal entity