This may be what IA and itsamiciprefer, but it is not an approach that the Copyright Act permits.

The Archive is also facing asimilar copyright infringement suitbrought by several major labels and music rights holders.

A staff member wears a, “Universal Access to All Knowledge” shirt during a 20th anniversary celebration of the Internet Archive in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. (Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

An Internet Archive staff member wearing a shirt with the nonprofit’s logo and slogan, “Universal Access to All Knowledge,” in 2016.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images