๐ŸŽฌ Jeremy Floyd earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for MOVING PICTURES ARENโ€™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! ๐Ÿ“† Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 ๐Ÿ’ฐ First prize: $1,500 โ„น๏ธ Details ๐Ÿ‘‰ #PublicDomain #Filmmaking #Contest @npub1xrj3...9q43
Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! ๐Ÿ“– THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explores how we can protect the โ€œcommons of the mindโ€ & why itโ€™s as vital as intellectual property. ๐Ÿ“† Thurs Dec 18 ๐Ÿ•™ 10 AM โ€“ 11 AM PT ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Co-hosted with @npub1njff...mqe3 @npub1xrj3...9q43 image
๐ŸŽ Need a standout holiday gift? Weโ€™re down to the final batch of our Limited Edition Internet Archive Jersey. Features: Internet Archive in script + the number 10ยนยฒ WEB PAGES in recognition of 1 trillion pages preserved on the #WaybackMachine. Available in M, L & XLโ€”but going fast! Shop here โžก๏ธ ๐Ÿ›๏ธ All proceeds benefit the Internet Archive, a non-profit research library with a mission to provide "Universal Access to All Knowledge." image
Itโ€™s the holiday season. Santa Claus is an icon of that history, but he wasnโ€™t always reaching for a soda. ๐ŸŽ… 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 โคต๏ธ #HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory
๐ŸŽฌ Enter the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Remix & reimagine treasures from 1930โ€”early sound films, cartoons, music, literature & artโ€”and turn them into unique 2โ€“3 minute films. Use the Internet Archiveโ€™s collections & your creativity to breathe new life into these cultural gems. ๐Ÿ“… Deadline: January 7, 2026 ๐Ÿ’ฐ First prize: $1,500 โ„น๏ธ Details: #contest #film #publicdomain image
๐ŸŽ‚ E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, heโ€™s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. ๐Ÿงธ The ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own โคต๏ธ 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. ๐Ÿงธ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿ‘‰
๐Ÿ’ฅ Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on? Cory Doctorow thinks people like a little cussing โ€” & the word captures in blunt terms how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile. Want more? ๐ŸŽง Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast โคต๏ธ @npub1njff...mqe3 #Enshittification #CoryDoctorow
"Must-have" Christmas gift of 1983? The Cabbage Patch Kid ๐Ÿฅฌ ๐Ÿ‘ถ It started the holiday trend. Desperate parents camped out & tore through stores, while some greedy Grinches resold the dolls at inflated prices. This serene Wishbook page belies the holiday chaos. Browse the full catalog in our collection to see the gift also-rans of 1983 โคต๏ธ image
TONIGHT at the Internet Archive: "Bringing Internet Archive Collections to Life" with @npub1fl6v...kwvj In-person & online
๐Ÿ“ข Upcoming #booktalk! Protecting our cultural commons is essential for creativity & innovation! Join James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling for THE PUBLIC DOMAIN to learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it. Co-hosted with @npub1njff...mqe3. ๐Ÿ“† Thurs Dec 18 ๐Ÿ•™ 10 AM โ€“ 11 AM PT ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ #publicdomain image