A copyright lawsuit launched by several major record labels against the Internet Archive, over the ambitious Great 78 Project, is officially over. The Internet Archive (IA) is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. $693m in Potential DamagesThe ‘Great 78 Project‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans, but elements of the recording industry viewed the project quite differently. Major record labels, including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in federal court in 2023. Since the start of the lawsuit, many thousands of digitized recordings, including many Elvis Presley albums, have reportedly been removed.