The Music Modernization Act (MMA) promised to revolutionize the role of copyright in the music industry for artists, businesses, and entertainment lawyers alike. Title II of the MMA, the Classics Protection and Access Act (CLASSICs Act), extended federal copyright protection to pre-1972 sound recordings. Advocates for the CLASSICs Act focused largely on its impact for pre-72 sound recording artists, who now possess a federally protected digital performance right in their recordings. In the wake of the CLASSICs Act, however, scholars and practitioners will need to reckon with the Act's consequences for the millions of pre-72 sound recordings held and preserved by another group: American memory institutions.