🚨 #Booktalk tomorrow! 🚨 Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, an urgent conversation with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling about defending cultural commons & creative freedom. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 18 πŸ•™ 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET) πŸ“ Online 🎟️
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
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❄️ ’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. πŸŽ„ See all the animated sequences ‡️
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Sierra Christmas Card 1986: A Computer Christmas : Sierra On-Line : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. πŸ•Ž The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. πŸ“Έ
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Lighting the menorah, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, circa 1950 : Cohn, Bernard M. : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
Please visit the California Revealed website to see the most complete and up-to-date version of this object: https://californiarevealed.org/node/52...
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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing & reimagining the pastβ€”using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on January 1, 2026 in your 2–3 minute film submission. by using at least one public domain item from 1930 in a 2–3 minute short film that shows off your creative vision. πŸ“… Deadline: January 7, 2026 πŸ’° First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Contest details:
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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🎬 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. The film draws from early talkies, celebrating the brief, unruly moment when films ran free of censorship. Show us your take on public domain history in the 2026 contest. Open now! πŸ“† Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 πŸ’° First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details πŸ‘‰
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! πŸ“– THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explores how we can protect the β€œcommons of the mind” & why it’s as vital as intellectual property. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 18 πŸ•™ 10 AM – 11 AM PT πŸ“ Online 🎟️
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
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🎁 Need a standout holiday gift? We’re down to the final batch of our Limited Edition Internet Archive Jersey. Features: Internet Archive in script + the number 10ΒΉΒ² WEB PAGES in recognition of 1 trillion pages preserved on the #WaybackMachine. Available in M, L & XLβ€”but going fast! Shop here ➑️ https://store.archive.org πŸ›οΈ All proceeds benefit the Internet Archive, a non-profit research library with a mission to provide "Universal Access to All Knowledge." image
It’s the holiday season. Santa Claus is an icon of that history, but he wasn’t always reaching for a soda. πŸŽ… 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. Unwrap more vintage Holiday magazine art & more in our collection ‡️
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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🎬 Enter the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Remix & reimagine treasures from 1930β€”early sound films, cartoons, music, literature & artβ€”and turn them into unique 2–3 minute films. Use the Internet Archive’s collections & your creativity to breathe new life into these cultural gems. πŸ“… Deadline: January 7, 2026 πŸ’° First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details:
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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πŸŽ‚ 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 ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ‡️
In Praise of E. H. Shepard’s Illustrations | Internet Archive Blogs
 Check out more of Shepard's illustrations and the stories in each of the 1926 & 1928 books. Both are in the public domain & in our collections. 🧸🎈🐝 πŸ‘‰
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Winnie-the-Pooh : Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[2], [i]-ix, [3], 158 p., [2] leaves of plates : 24 cm
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The House At Pooh Corner : Milne, A.A. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is the original introduction of Tigger to the Hundred Acre Woods. Illustrations are by Ernest H. Shepard.
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