The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive Reaches A Milestone
The Internet Archive might be best known as the home of The Wayback Machine. However, it’s also home to many other collections. Last week the IA’s Live Music Archive (it’s been online for about 18 months) announced that it currently contains more than 10,000 live recordings. Here are some stats courtesey of Brewster Kahle.
+ More than 10,000 shows
+ 150,000 tracks, from almost 500 bands
+ Almost 1,000 people have uploaded recordings
+ A few more stats here
See Also: In Other IA News, Brewster Kahle Files Lawsuit (Kahle v. Ashcroft)
“Plaintiffs in this case � the Internet Archive and its Chairman, Brewster Kahle, and the Prelinger Film Archive (formally, Prelinger Associates, Inc.) and its President, Richard Prelinger � are filing suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the current system of unconditional copyright is unconstitutional.”

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