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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, works of art & culture from 1928 will enter the public domain in the US, meaning they can be remixed & reused in new creative works. And 1928 was a big year, thanks to a famous mouse...
Join our celebrations: https://blog.archive.org/2023/12/05/weird-tales-from-the-public-domain-freeing-culture-from-corporate-captivity/
More than 5 million 20th century vital records (birth, marriage, death & naturalization docs) from the Maryland State Archives have been made freely available on the Internet Archive for public use, thanks to efforts from Reclaim The Records: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/reclaim-the-records-maryland-history-public-records-Z2GZR7JWHBCBVDDO6PDOZDAUVI/
American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist Mark Twain was born #OTD in 1835. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Pudd'nhead Wilson, and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today with Charles Dudley Warner. via @wikipedia
Books by Mark Twain at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53
LISTEN: New episode of the 99% Invisible podcast featuring Marc Masters' new book, HIGH BIAS, about the history of the cassette tape & the band that helped keep the format alive (hint: their concert recordings are preserved at the Internet Archive 
) https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/long-strange-tape/
New report from Internet Archive's Thomas Padilla is now available:
Collections as Data: Part to Whole Final Report (w/ Spanish, French, and Arabic translations). https://collectionsasdata.github.io/part2whole/finalreport/
Next week, come to the Internet Archive for an in-person book talk for David G. Stork's PIXELS & PAINTINGS, the pioneering presentation of computer-based image analysis of fine art.
300 Funston Ave, SF
Wed, Dec 6
Doors @ 6pm, book talk @ 6:30pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-pixels-paintings-by-david-g-stork-tickets-745622927247
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