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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon 🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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Remix these works for a chance at fame & glory! Submissions are still open for the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

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The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

⏰ 12 HOURS TO GO 👀 When the new year begins, so does #PublicDomainDay2026. At 12:00 a.m. ET, iconic books, films, and music move into the public domain—and we’ll be sharing highlights #here all night long. 🔔 Set your reminder ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

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🕛 At midnight, new creative works enter the public domain in the US. 🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off. 🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

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👀 WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨 Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here! At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

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From archives to sound. 🔵 Our new Future Knowledge #podcast episode features composer Erika Oba on her piece “Blue Lights,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. What does that scale sound like? 🎧 Listen ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...

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Meet a winner! 🎬 "WHEN I LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND" by

@queline.bsky.social

won 1st place prize in the 2025 #PublicDomain Day Film Remix Contest! Let it inspire your entry for the 2026 contest! 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #Contest

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Early in 2025,

helped us celebrate “Happy Days Are Here Again” joining the public domain 🎶🪚 On January 1, 2026, another full year of media & culture becomes free to share, remix & reimagine 🎉 Join our Public Domain events ⤵️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay

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🌐 From a dead link, The Wayback Machine made history and culture accessible again. Learn how Tintin’s 1929 adventures were uncovered again last Public Domain Day. 📚 Read the full story 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/26/w... #Tintin #WaybackMachine #PublicDomain #DigitalArchives

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🎬 William Webb earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for HOFFMANN’S HONEYMOON. 🌙 Show us how YOU can remix the #publicdomain of 1930 in the 2026 #contest. Open now! 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

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Celebrate the public domain with the Internet Archive: 🎥 Creators: Enter the Public Domain Film Remix Contest 💻️ Virtual Celebration: January 21st @ 10am PT 🎟️ Film Screening & Party: January 21st @ 6pm PT Learn more & explore the works moving into the public domain: blog.archive.org/public-domai...

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Festive 1950s holidays 🎄 From decorating the home & wrapping gifts to Christmas morning delights 🎁🚂 🎞️ Carefully preserved #homemovies like this capture cozy fall & winter family moments, safeguarding them for future generations. 👀 Full film ⤵️ archive.org/details/2025...

Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive. ✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️ archive.org/details/sier...

'Twas the night before #Christmas… DOS-style 🎄💾 In 1987, PC Life Magazine gifted us with ’Twas the Night Before Christmas: Animated Musical Christmas Disk — a charmingly low-res, CGA 4-color holiday e-card. Play it in your browser ⤵️ archive.org/details/twas... #HappyHolidays #HolidayGames

What does 1 trillion web pages sound like? 🎶 In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, composer Sam Reider talks about “Quartet for a Trillion,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. Performed by Del Sol Quartet. 🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...

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🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open! 🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #publicdomain #contest

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The internet wasn’t broken by one bad decision—and Cindy Cohn (EFF) says there’s no single fix that will restore it. Listen as OGs & advocates explore the past, present & future of the open web on the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 Listen & subscribe: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

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❄️ ’Tis the season for exploring the web’s past! @InternetArchive.EU has transformed millions of Dutch websites from the #WaybackMachine into a festive, interactive Christmas mosaic. 🎄 It offers a new way to see the web & the scale & value of digital collections. Try it ➡️ display.archive.org/xmas

What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED

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2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the Internet Archive kept the receipts. From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t... 🧵

KQED: “What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark?” March 19, 2025. www.kqed.org/news/1203198...

For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an…

NPR: “As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them” March 23, 2025. www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

The Wayback Machine was a solution to a problem that shouldn’t have existed. Listen as OGs & advocates explore the past, present & future of the open web on the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧Listen & Subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

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Earlier this year, we celebrated SINGIN' IN THE RAIN entering the #publicdomain—but it was just one moment in a much bigger story. ☔️ On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain. Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay

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Have yourself an 8-bitty little Christmas 🎄👾 🎶 Up On the Housetop was performed using two Atari 2600 consoles playing together in stereo 🤯 The full 2003 album celebrates classic retro platforms. ⬇️ Download The 8bits of Christmas by The 8bitpeoples archive.org/details/8bp0... #8Bit #Chiptune

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The early web was driven by curiosity & openness, not monetization. Audrey Witters reflects on that era, using her now-famous animated alien GIF as an example of how playful, freely-shared work helped shape digital culture & why preserving it matters. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/a...

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🎅 Santa has looked much the same on the page for generations. Preserving periodical covers like this one helps connect how the season ❄️ was pictured then with how we recognize it now. See more vintage images in our Holiday 2025 Periodical Art collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias... #HolidayArt

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🎬 "THE WAYBACK MACHINE" by Diego Diaz & Can Sark earned an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2025 Public Domain Day Film Contest. What kind of film can YOU make for the 2026 contest? 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #PublicDomain

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📣 Filmmakers & artists of all skill levels: celebrate Public Domain Day 2026 by creating & uploading short films using public domain materials in the Public Domain Film Remix Contest! 🎬 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #publicdomain

Meet a winner: "THE ARCHIVE BOOGIE” by Samantha Close. This celebration of cinema won 2nd place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. Now it’s your turn! Enter the 2026 contest! 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 1st prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

🧵 The toy that owned Christmas 1996? Tickle Me Elmo 😂❤️ This giggling plush turned into a full-blown holiday frenzy. Shoppers weren’t tickled by mobbed stores, empty shelves, & high resale prices.💰️ Build your own retro wish list ⤵️ archive.org/details/sear...

Tickle Me Elmo appeared innocuously in holiday catalogs from many retailers. Here's a link to the 1996 J.C. Penney catalog, also in our collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/sear... #HolidayGifts #ToyHistory

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🛒🎄 Ride your shopping cart back to a bygone era with the “Attention Kmart Shoppers” collection at the #InternetArchive. These tapes of In-store announcements & seasonal jingles are pure time travel. 🛍️ Wrap your holiday spirit in classic shopping nostalgia ⤵️ archive.org/details/Kmar...

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Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026! #PublicDomainDay is nearly here. Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be open to reuse. Enter our film contest & join our events! All the details ⤵️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomain #event #contest

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🌁 The Richmond District is Home to 1 Trillion Web Pages

Did you know that the Internet Archive offers free public tours every Friday at 1pm? Check out what happened when The Fogline stopped by on a recent Friday ⬇️ www.foglinesf.com/p/the-richmo...

A Friday afternoon tour of the Internet Archive

🧵1️⃣ How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages? @InternetArchive.EU partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to make a navigable mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...

2️⃣ “The idea is to be able to show and play with the breadth that people have accomplished and the depth that we have all built together,” said Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. “This is the web we built. This is the web we want to make go from 1 trillion to 2 trillion to 3 trillion.”

3️⃣ Navigate tens of thousands of archived Dutch websites clustered by topic, zoom in/out, and discover hidden corners of the web in a game-like experience. Beyond tech fun, this display shows why preserving the web matters. Try it yourself ➡️ display.archive.org/nl #WebArchive #WaybackMachine

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⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! 📖 THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explains why safeguarding shared cultural material is crucial for creativity, innovation & free expression. 📆 TODAY, Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...

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Celebrate vintage winter style with these "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. L: Dec 1929 cover depicts 3 young women in colorful winter clothing. R: Dec1928 cover depicts a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog in the snow. ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias...

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Amazon once “pulled a book off your library shelf”—internet pioneer Vint Cerf calls it shocking. Listen as OGs & advocates explore the past, present & future of the open web on the Future Knowledge podcast.  🎧Listen & Subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the... #OpenWeb

‪Newsjunkie.net‬ ‪@newsjunkie-net.bsky.social‬

Read our interview with Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. Illustration by Gordon Henderson. www.newsjunkie.net/article/inte...

@authorsalliance.bsky.social

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🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨 Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in the #booktalk THE PUBLIC DOMAIN with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...

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‪Brewster Kahle‬ ‪@brewster.kahle.org‬

Thank you to the large crypto donor ( 10BTC! ) to the

Transaction: ae4800e03c1b55324deec6d6a7630e803eef321d6aba257b733c17b83585cc41 | Blockchain.com

Thank you crypto folks! www.blockchain.com/explorer/tra... to: archive.org/donate/crypt...

The easiest and most trusted transaction search engine and block explorer.

❄️ ’Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Line’s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." ❄️ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. 🦌🎄 See all the animated sequences ⤵️ archive.org/details/sier... #TechHistory #retrogaming

On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. 🕎 The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. 📸 archive.org/details/cala... #Preservation #Holidays #Veterans

🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission. 📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

‪Brewster Kahle‬ ‪@brewster.kahle.org‬

American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Vol 47 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

"The very first question to be considered is the applicability of the Copyright Law to the Moon. " Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?" really fun, worth reading. archive.org/details/sim_...

American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Volume 47, Issue 1.Digitized from IA1514523-07.Previous issue:...

🎬 Jeremy Floyd earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for MOVING PICTURES AREN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. Show us your take on #publicdomain history in the 2026 #contest. 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

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Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! 📖 THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explores how we can protect the “commons of the mind” & why it’s as vital as intellectual property. 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...

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‪Laura Gibbs‬ ‪@laurakgibbs.bsky.social‬

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moving on from African to African American folklore for #PublicDomainDay, here's an important piece by Zora Neale Hurston entering #PublicDomain in 2026: DANCE TALES AND SONGS FROM THE BAHAMAS at the

1930: Dance Songs and Tales from the Bahamas

archive.org/details/sim_... more details: fabelizing.blogspot.com/2025/12/1930...

Moving on from African traditions, Here's an article about African American traditions published in 1930, thus entering the public domain on...

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‪Laura Gibbs‬ ‪@laurakgibbs.bsky.social‬

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another important African folklore book entering #PublicDomain on #PublicDomainDay 2026: WIT & WISDOM IN MOROCCO by Edward Westermarck 2000+ Arabic proverbs arranged by theme! you can read it already at @archive.org: archive.org/details/in.e... details here: fabelizing.blogspot.com/2025/12/1930...

1930: Wit and Wisdom In Morocco

Here's another book published in 1930, thus entering the public domain on January 1 2026, which is valuable for African folklore studies: W...

fabelizing.blogspot.com

‪Gary Hornseth‬ ‪@garyhornseth.bsky.social‬

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Trade catalog images American Type Founders Co. Elizabeth, New Jersey 1950 Images: Type, Typewriter and Typography Collection via

; archive.org/details/ATF1...

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As I've said many times throughout this year of Old Blogs, the

is an AMAZING resource in these times of ephemeral record keeping and broken links - life is going to be difficult enough for Future Archeologists, they're going to need this sort of thing a LOT!

🎁 Looking for standout holiday gifts? Get our Limited Edition Internet Archive Jersey! Available in M, L & XL—but going fast. Shop here ➡️ store.archive.org 🏛️ All proceeds benefit the Internet Archive, a non-profit research library with a mission to provide "Universal Access to All Knowledge." 🧵

This pinstriped & collectible beauty features the name Internet Archive in script across the front, logos on both sleeves, and, on the back, the number and text 10¹² WEB PAGES, in recognition of 1 trillion pages preserved on the #WaybackMachine.

🧵 It’s the holiday season. Santa Claus is an icon of that history, but he wasn’t always reaching for a soda. 🎅 Unwrap more vintage Holiday magazine art & more in our collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias... #HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture

Covers, ads, and illustrations like these are part of our shared cultural heritage, and their preservation lets us experience not only Christmases past but also the media that shaped them.

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🎬 Enter the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Remix & reimagine treasures from 1930—early sound films, cartoons, music, literature & art—and turn them into unique films. 📅 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #contest #film #publicdomain

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Happy WInnie-the-Pooh Illustrator Birthday. I always loved these books and the drawings—as a child and as the parent of young children. It was quiet magic.

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🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸 The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e... 🧵

Check out more of Shepard's illustrations & the stories in each of the 1926 & 1928 books. Both are in the public domain & in our collections. 📕📗 🧸🎈🐝 1926 👉 archive.org/details/winn... 🧸🐯🍯 1928 👉 archive.org/details/the-... #birthday #WinnieThePooh #IllustrationHistory #childrensliterature

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💥 Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on? #CoryDoctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile. Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...

‪Laura Gibbs‬ ‪@laurakgibbs.bsky.social‬

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for #PublicDomainDay 2026, a big (BIG) book of folktales from around the world... almost 1000 pages long! FOLK TALES OF ALL NATIONS by F. H. Lee details: fabelizing.blogspot.com/2025/12/1930... entering #PublicDomain in 2026 & available for borrowing now at

: archive.org/details/folk...

1930: Folk Tales of All Nations

Here's a book published in 1930, thus entering the public domain on January 1 2026: Folk Tales of All Nations by F. H. Lee Internet Archiv...

fabelizing.blogspot.com

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"Must-have" Christmas gift of 1983? The Cabbage Patch Kid 🥬 👶 It started the holiday trend. Desperate parents camped out, while some greedy Grinches resold the dolls at inflated prices. 🎁 This serene Wishbook page belies the holiday chaos. Browse the full catalog ⤵️ archive.org/details/1983...

Bringing Internet Archive Collections to Life with Brewster Kahle

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You will also be able to watch it streamed on YouTube: youtu.be/npNV0E9GT4M More info: baychi.org/_TU COVID-19 data and reports for San Francisco: www.sf.gov/resource--20...

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TONIGHT at the Internet Archive! In-person & online ⬇️

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Next week! Tues, 12/9 @7:30pm PT (Zoom or in person at The Internet Archive, SF): “Bringing Internet Archive Collections to Life,” Brewster Kahle, Founder of The Internet Archive, and BS Computer Science & Engineering. Zoom registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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📢 Upcoming #booktalk! Protecting our cultural commons is vital. Join James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling for THE PUBLIC DOMAIN to learn why it matters & how we can defend it. 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM PT 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839697527...

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🎬 The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Day Remix Contest is on! 🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January by creating a 2–3 minute film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930. 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

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ENSHITTIFICATION in action 💥 Cory Doctorow on the Future Knowledge #podcast tells how a few firms captured the inkjet market & kept raising prices until ink became the most expensive fluid you can buy at $10,000 a gallon. 🐎 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...

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We are experiencing service disruptions and are working to resolve the issue. Sorry for delays!

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and true to form, they pulled these product images from a web page from 1998

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🎁 Looking for a unique gift for an archivist—or a treat for yourself? 👕 1 Trillion Web Pages Baseball Jersey (LIMITED EDITION) 🧢 1 Trillion Web Pages Baseball Hat (LIMITED EDITION) 🧦 Socks, tote bags, and more! 💛 All proceeds benefit the #InternetArchive. Shop here ➡️ store.archive.org

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It’s Final Draw day for World Cup 26! ⚽️ Decades of FIFA & #WorldCup - related sites are preserved in the Wayback Machine; some of the 1 trillion pages saved. Kick off a trip through the websites of the tournament & your favorite teams with the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org #Wayback1T

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🎬 Meet a winner: THE SITUATIONSHIP reimagines a 1920s silent film & took third place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

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⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! 📖 PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET examines how non-commercial approaches can transform open access & build equitable publishing futures. 📆 Thurs Dec 4th 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...

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Cory Doctorow coined the word ENSHITTIFICATION & found that a little vulgarity helps people engage with abstract technical questions. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, he explains why the web became hostile & how we can make it work again. 🎧 Listen ⬇️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...

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#Booktalk tomorrow! Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based publishing can offer fair and ethical alternatives. 📆 Thurs Dec 4th 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...

🧵 The first popular web browser was Mosaic, released in 1993 by NCSA at the University of Illinois. 🌐 Most people today have never heard of it, but its original site is preserved on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/19961220... #Wayback1T #InternetHistory

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Mosaic made the early web simple & exciting. Text, images, data, audio, & video all in one window. Suddenly, the internet was something anyone could explore. Traffic soared & the web began its rapid growth.

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Mosaic was not the very first web browser; @TimBerners_Lee’s WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus) & a few others came first, but it was the first to reach a mass audience. Built by a small NCSA team including Marc Andreessen & Eric Bina, it inspired the browsers that followed & shaped the modern web.

‪Project Gutenberg‬ ‪@gutenberg.org‬

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Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/... Treasure Island at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature

📣🎬 Calling all filmmakers & artists! Celebrate Public Domain Day in January 2026 by making a 2–3 min short film using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #contest #filmmaking #publicdomain

‪Uncommon Ephemera‬ ‪@uncommonephemera.org‬

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: Is there anything else on these VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Commercials? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to

? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight at 7pm EST on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

‪Factsheet Five Archive Project‬ ‪@f5archive.bsky.social‬

Did you know several issues of Factsheet Five are available over at the

? The corpus isn't complete & the process of cleaning and OCR'ing images can be slow/painful, but the hope is that this allows more folks to read & research 80s-90s zine culture. archive.org/search?query...

This World AIDS Day, we honor the voices and activism that shaped the global fight against HIV/AIDS. "Victory Deferred"—a defining history of the crisis by journalist John-Manuel Andriote—is now an open access edition, free for all to read on the Internet Archive: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/a...

‪Matthew Cheney‬ ‪@melikhovo.bsky.social‬

Very much looking forward to this event. Great presenters, and

@samuelmoore.org

's book is maybe the best thing I've ever read about Open Access publishing.

Planning your week? 📖 Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph as they explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access. 📆 Thurs Dec 4th 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951... @SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social

‪Brewster Kahle‬ ‪@brewster.kahle.org‬

Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot. Useful to Journalists, Useful to Students, Useful to more than 2 million people a day. Collections growing at 150TBytes/day @internetarchive archive.org/donate www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

"Black Friday" predates shopping deals. 🛍️ The term originally referred to the 1869 U.S. financial panic & stock market crash. Black Friday is also a 1904 novel by Frederic S. Isham, inspired by those events. 📖 Read the #publicdomain novel ➡️ archive.org/details/blac... #BlackFriday

They came for crowds, holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, 1995—kids on the carousel as parents hustle & shop. 🛍️🎠 This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer. 📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️ archive.org/details/blac...

#Thanksgiving & football go hand in hand, and THE FRESHMAN (1925) shows the frenzy has been around for over a century. Harold Lloyd’s chaotic climactic game helped shape every underdog sports comedy that followed. Touchdown! 🏈 Watch the full #publicdomain classic ⤵️ archive.org/details/the-...

🏈🖥️ Ready to call the plays? In Football for Windows, created by an ex-college player, you step in as coach & run the game your way. It was once free to copy & play (with a $25 registration to unlock everything) — you can play it in-browser at the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW

#Football on the menu today? 🏈 This #Thanksgiving, enjoy a charming home movie of two kids tossing the ball on a crisp autumn day! 🍂 🎞️ Full film features 1940s holidays, parades, & neighborhood celebrations. Watch it here ⤵️ archive.org/details/0005... #HomeMovies #Suburbia

The gridiron & #Thanksgiving have been paired for over a century. 🏈🦃 The sport’s inspired songs, stories & more. Take it to the end zone with vintage books, movies, computer games, videos, programs & magazine covers in this football collection on the #InternetArchive ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias...

Are your #Thanksgiving cooking plans half-baked? 🧑‍🍳 Don’t stew in your own juices—simmer down and take some time ⏲️ out to peruse these vintage manuals for slow cookers, blenders, cookware & ovens. Feast your eyes on even more vintage kitchen manuals, guides, & cookbooks ➡️ archive.org/details/@ias...

‪Linda‬ ‪@lindabeyond.bsky.social‬

I have my great grandma's (lots of lard!), and my grandma's! Stained, clippings tucked in, and yes, a rubber band.

Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures. 🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v... #Thanksgiving

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While stars like Taylor Swift make headlines, fringe musicians navigate a system that prioritizes profit. Michael Menna & Anjali Vats unpack how copyright really works outside the mainstream on the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus... 🧵 From our speakers👇

Michael Menna asks: does copyright or antitrust better protect musicians from exploitative label deals like 360 contracts? 📄 Read his paper ⤵️ digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/jipl/vol32/i...

Anjali Vats shows how Taylor Swift’s re-recordings reveal a strategic, artist-driven way to reclaim copyright, highlighting how power, privilege, and savvy shape the music industry. 📄 Read here ⤵️ www.anjalivats.com/wp-content/u...

📢 Upcoming #booktalk! 📖 Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, reimagining open access through scholar-led, non-commercial publishing. 📆 Thurs Dec 4th 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...

🌱 Curious about decentralized, open-source ag tech? Join the #DWeb Virtual Meetup to hear from innovators developing tools that strengthen small-farmer sovereignty & advance sustainable, community-driven food futures. 📅 Nov 26 🕙 10–11 AM PT 📍 Online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1974935071...

The #InternetArchive welcomes Merrilee Proffitt as director of Democracy’s Library, US! With decades in digital libraries & open knowledge, she’ll expand free access to government research & boost transparency, equity & engagement. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/11/18/m...

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