diff --git a/docs/support-ia.md b/docs/support-ia.md deleted file mode 100644 index 01de2b6f1..000000000 --- a/docs/support-ia.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: The Internet Archive needs your help. -description: Explains the lawsuit against IA -date: 2025-04-21 -next: false - -prev: false - -footer: true ---- - - - -The Internet Archive needs your help. - -A coalition of major record labels has filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive—demanding **$700 million** for our work preserving and providing access to historical 78rpm records. These fragile, obsolete discs hold some of the earliest recordings of a vanishing American culture. But this lawsuit goes far beyond old records. It’s an attack on the Internet Archive itself. - -This lawsuit is an **existential threat** to the Internet Archive and everything we preserve—including the **Wayback Machine**, a cornerstone of memory and preservation on the internet. - -**At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled.** - -This isn’t just about music. It’s about whether future generations will have access to knowledge, history, and culture. -*** -## [Sign our open letter](https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive) and tell the record labels to drop their lawsuit. -*** -**Posted by Chris Freeland, Director of Library Services at Internet Archive** - -###### Source: https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/