From Shellac to Cardboard

How many recordings on 78 rpm discs represent a loss of revenue to record labels? I’m guessing none, but they sued the Internet Archive anyway.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/internet-archives-big-battle-with-music-publishers-ends-in-settlement/

What about records glued onto the back of cereal boxes? I remember those. They have collectors, of course.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/arts/music/cereal-box-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.tBqE.o8BSCUE6rGVt&smid=url-share

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