Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the ‘Soul of the Internet’

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Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the ‘Soul of the Internet’

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Internet Archive: Inside $621 Million Legal Battle by Record Labels

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Major record labels have sued the Internet Archive for $621 million over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?

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