Sony and other music labels settle copyright lawsuit against the Internet Archive

In 2023, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and a handful of other music labels filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, which sought to preserve and digitize 78 rpm shellac records. Now, both parties have announced in a filing that they have reached a settlement and that they're filing to dismiss the lawsuit within 45 days. The plaintiffs said in the filing that they were "writ[ing] to advise this court that they have settled this matter." They didn't reveal the details of their agreement, and it's very likely that they won't be made public. In a blog post by the Internet Archive, it said they "have reached a confidential resolution of all claims and will have no further public comment on this matter."

According to Ars Technica, the Internet Archive, its founder Brewster Kale ...