A Chicago Man’s 10,000 Concerts on Tape Are Becoming Digital History

From the mid-1980s until just a few years ago, Aadam Jacobs recorded thousands of club shows, including an early Nirvana ...
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Anna’s Archive sued for $300 million by Spotify

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Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find

Spotify and the three major labels have won a $322 million default judgement against Anna’s Archive, the open-source library ...
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Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove

We’re from Seattle.” With that, the band, then a quartet, launched into the riff-heavy first song, “School.” Jacobs surreptitiously recorded the performance, documenting the fledgling band in raw, ...

There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome

Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the '80s and '90s? Allow us to introduce you to your ...
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Pirate site Anna’s Archive hit with $322M default judgment over music scraping — but will Spotify and record labels ever see the money?

Whether the plaintiffs will ever see the $322 million award remains unclear, as Anna’s Archive’s operators remain anonymous.

Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine under severe threat by publisher blocks

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is one of the web’s most valuable resources, enabling us to access earlier versions ...