UMG, Sony and Capitol sue Internet Archive over ‘Great 78 Project’

UMG, Sony, Capitol and other major labels have sued the Internet Archive and its founder, Brewster Kahle, over the ‘Great 78 Project’.
The project is an initiative that is aimed to preserve and provide free access to pre-1972 musical works from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Internet Archive describes it as a hub for “the preservation, research and discovery of 78rpm records”.
In the lawsuit filed on August 11, the labels claim th