OA archive of music and film
European Archive Foundation launches free digital library, Associated Press, September 28, 2006. Excerpt:
The European Archive Foundation said Thursday it has launched its massive digital library of free music and film.
The nonprofit organization collaborates with national libraries and other organizations to make non-copyrighted, or free-use material available to the public….
On line now is an extensive database of live musical performances, classical music, early British film and a snapshot of the entire Italian Internet domain.
European Archive spokesman Julien Masanes said the European Archive has stored about 10 percent of the Internet Archive’s material, and the two institutions will eventually act as backups for each other’s records in case of disaster….
The European Archive will block information requests from Internet users whose IP addresses are registered in the United States, due to differing copyright laws, he said….
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