⏰ 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. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. 📆 TODAY, Thursday Dec 18 🕙 10 AM (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️

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Celebrate vintage winter style with these "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog as snow falls around them. View more in this holiday collection ⤵️

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#HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture

Amazon once “pulled a book off your library shelf”—Vint Cerf, a pioneer of the internet, calls it shocking. How did the web drift so far from its roots? Hear Cerf (Google), Cindy Cohn (EFF), Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) & the Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle explore the past, present & future of the web on the Future Knowledge podcast. 
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Future Knowledge | The Open Web at a Crossroads: A Conversation with Vint Cerf, Brewster Kahle, Cindy Cohn & Jon Stokes

What made the early web so thrilling, and how do we reclaim that spirit today? In this special episode, recorded at Georgetown University’s histo...

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🚨 #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. 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT (1 PM ET) 📍 Online 🎟️

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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. 🎄 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. 🕎 The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. 📸

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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

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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing & reimagining the past—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. 📅 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 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! 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 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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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 🎟️

Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle

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