# clm_0A912E4AA70B

subject: Internet Archive (/record/internet-archive.md)  
predicate: chair  
value: Brewster Kahle  
valid_from: 1996-01-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2023-08-30  
recorded: 2026-10-27  
confidence: 0.85  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-29  
checked: 2026-10-29 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Why is the music business picking on Brewster Kahle? All the technology activist wants to do with the Internet Archive, which he founded in 1996 and still chairs the board of, is create a digital library that offers “universal access to knowledge.”

What https://www.billboard.com/pro/internet-archive-streaming-classic-music-without-license/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/files/kahle_declaration.pdf (secondary)
- https://www.billboard.com/pro/internet-archive-streaming-classic-music-without-license/ (secondary, Billboard, published 2023-08-30)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/kahle.html (secondary)

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