Help back up the Great 78 Collections before the Record Companies force The Internet Archive to take them down!

Haui, rok temu

Probably stating the obvious but „are in no threat of being deleted“ is an absolute joke.

A company holding the IP can just make it unavailable tormorrow. A big chunk of us is here because reddit somehow is allowed to delete our posts because the law is idiotic. At least european people are allowed to get their data but the cooperative works of thousands of people is threatened due to those laws.

The concept of IP needs to be reformed.

sxan, rok temu

As concrete examples, try to get a copy of Disney’s 1946 movie, “Song of the South.” It’s been removed from circulation because of its whitewashed presentation of “happy slaves.” Similarly, 6 of Dr. Seuss’ books, including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” were withdrawn because of racial imagery (the mentioned book had a “Chinaman” drawn with a WWII stereotype style - rice hat, sloping eyes, buck teeth).

There’s media you simply can’t get anymore.

Haui, rok temu

Our culture has been copyrighted.

sxan, rok temu

In this case, the media was withdrawn for (arguably) good reasons: the representations were deemed hurtful or harmful.

Good reasons or bad, they still stand as stark examples of how media can disappear at the whims of a single organization.

Haui, rok temu

Yes and it’s horrific

wizardbeard, rok temu

Fun fact, there is a fan made blu-ray quality remaster of Song of the South available on IA.

sxan, rok temu

Say what? Now I’m curious how they handled the slavery topic, and found actors for it.

Thanks for the heads-up!

WarmSoda, rok temu

Did you think your posts on Reddit were protected by copyright laws or something?

Are you seriously comparing posts on a forum to music rights?

Haui, rok temu

What exactly are you trying to convey? That these „works“ made by ordinary people who have only a basic understanding of copyright law should be deleted if someone feels like it? That the law is more important than justice?

Also, do you really think you‘re cool by implying things phrased as a question? Won‘t you just talk like a normal person and state your opinion instead of fake-calling-out others?

WarmSoda, rok temu

Posts you make on a forum are not “works” that are copyrightable. Deleting a post is not an injustice.

Sentences phrased with a question mark means it’s asking a question. When someone asks a question, the normal response is to then provide an answer to that question.

But you’re just being an asshole. You know exactly what I’m saying, and you know you’re saying ridiculous things so your only response is not answering either of the two questions and and then try to twist it.

Haui, rok temu

I‘m glad you saw your mistake. Have a good one.

WarmSoda, rok temu

Not going to answer anything, huh? Typical.

Arghblarg, rok temu

Yeah. And whenever anyone says “Oh the music companies would never let these old recordings die, it’s their bread and butter!” I give them this story.

We cannot trust our cultural heritage to any one entity.

rich, rok temu

You don’t need to censor yourself…

Fuck the RIAA, bunch of absolute cunts.

Arghblarg, rok temu

Yeah, you’re right, Fuck em.

FYI I’m currently on 4001-8000 of the ‘Great 78 Collection’. Looks like I’ll need about 6TB to get it all, yikes! (Just the VBR MP3 files, not the FLACs. Holy Hell.)

collection:georgeblood

archive.org/details/georgeblood

If everyone would take blocks of it, say 4000 each, we can eventually create torrents for each one or something so it can all be reassembled if/when the IA has to take it down.

blindsight, rok temu

Copyright has completely jumped the shark. There’s absolutely no balance between the public benefit of the public domain.

30 years ought to be enough time for anyone to extract any reasonable value from an IP. If you haven’t made your profit in 30 years, then let the public benefit from it.

Or at least let preservationists (data hoarders, let’s be honest) keep our cultural history alive and accessible for future generations.