diff --git a/docs/posts/support-ia.md b/docs/posts/support-ia.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..01de2b6f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/posts/support-ia.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +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/