Sara Quin, left, and Tegan Quin, right, of Tegan and Sara are among over 300 musicians who have signed a letter supporting the Internet Archive.
Polaris Music Prize winner Backxwash is also among the more than 300 musicians who have signed an open letter. Fight for the Future, a digital advocacy group known for spearheading online protests, created the letter to support the Internet Archive's"We, the undersigned musicians, wholeheartedly oppose major record labels' unjust lawsuit targeting the Internet Archive, a crucial non-profit cultural institution," the letter states.
The aim of the Great 78 Project is to have "a digital reference collection of underrepresented artists and genres," and that "the digitization will make this less commonly available music accessible to researchers in a format where it can be manipulated and studied without harming the physical artifacts."
"Defendants attempt to defend their wholesale theft of generations of music under the guise of 'preservation and research,' but this is a smokescreen: their activities far exceed those limited purposes," the lawsuit states. "Internet Archive unabashedly seeks to provide free and unlimited access to music for everyone, regardless of copyright.
"Musicians, archivists, digital librarians, and music fans all deserve better than betrayal," she continued. Other artists who have signed the letter include Kathleen Hanna, Cloud Nothings and Amanda Palmer, as well as Polaris Music Prize winner
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