New Internet Archive info

i wish the music labels would all fund the Internet Archive as the labels aren't archiving anything for the public to access easily. 

Petition
https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive 

When my father passed last year, I inherited his records, which included hundreds of 78s. I was able to donate his Yiddish/Jewish 78s to the NY Public Library in Brooklyn.
I donated the remaining 6 or 7 boxes of 78s to the IA's Great 78 Project and drove them down to their warehouse in Richmond.
When I heard about the lawsuit, I emailed Mitch Glazier, CEO of the RIAA 2 months ago.
I asked what might become of the 78s I donated should their lawsuit prevail and the IA is forced to end the project.
I also asked who will get the money if they win. Since the majority of copyrighted music is public domain and publishers, composers, and artists are long gone, do the record labels issue royalties to family trusts and estates?
I have not received a response. I called their office a couple of weeks ago and was told Glazier was "in travel", whatever that means. The person I spoke with said someone would call me and I should re-send the email. I re-sent the email and no one has called me or replied to the 2nd email.

I suspect the bulk of the money they may finally settle on will go to lawyers, like Glazier. The rest will probably go to the owners of the recording labels, who are supposed to administer copyright royalties and make sure composers and artists, who may have had revenue sharing contracts, get their shares. All of the old record labels have been absorbed by mega corporations or no longer exist. Should the lawsuit prevail, I would hope any settlement would include a stipulation by the court that some kind of independent oversight be created to make sure royalties are paid accordingly and if the funds are not dispersed within a proscribed period of time, the remaining money be returned to the IA.

The problem with the IA is the recordings are not checked out and checked back in like a lending library. Many non-profit online libraries offer access to materials this way. Instead, the IA allows users to download material at will. This makes it appear they are sharing copyrighted material without paying into any royalty program, like radio and digital music companies. The only thing that may save the IA in this case is they are non-profit and if they can prove they have done due diligence to ensure users are not exploiting the material they provide for personal gain.

I hope the plaintiffs either lose or drop the suit. If not, at least I hope I can collect my dad's 78s and continue to search for another way to properly share them. As far as I know, his records have not been processed by the IA yet. There were thousands of 78s in the warehouse waiting to be digitized when I was there.