Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) made musical satire sing…and sting. His songs were funny, outrageous, & often uncomfortably true.

He died recently at 97. Years earlier, he disclaimed copyright to all his lyrics and compositions; a gesture as radical as his songs.

We remember his life, his legacy, & what it means for the #digitalcommons ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/

#TomLehrer#Satire#PublicDomain#Copyright#InternetArchive

Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) made musical satire sing…and sting. His songs were funny, outrageous, & often uncomfortably true.

He died recently at 97. Years earlier, he disclaimed copyright to all his lyrics and compositions; a gesture as radical as his songs.

We remember his life, his legacy, & what it means for the #digitalcommons ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/

#TomLehrer#Satire#PublicDomain#Copyright#InternetArchive

3 years ago, he made all his songs #PublicDomain: https://tomlehrersongs.com/

(I still crack up every time I see the Aristotle version of "The Elements".)

RetroStrange TV is now streaming!

Star Man Movie Marathon! RFF Watch-a-long

#streaming #retro #movies #scifi #horror #tv #vintage #publicdomain #adfree

https://live.retrostrange.com

RetroStrange TV is now streaming!

Star Man Movie Marathon! RFF Watch-a-long

#streaming #retro #movies #scifi #horror #tv #vintage #publicdomain #adfree

https://live.retrostrange.com

Project Gutenberg turns 54!

On July 4, 1971, Michael Hart had the idea of using a computer to read and enjoy literature. This innovation led to the creation of Project Gutenberg, which continues to thrive today.
via @gbnewby

You can read more about the history of Project Gutenberg in our 50th anniversary writeup:

https://www.gutenberg.org/about/background/50years.html

#Ebooks#PublicDomain

You own more than 75,000 books. Yes, they are yours! Come get them!

https://www.gutenberg.org/

#Ebooks#PublicDomain

You own more than 75,000 books. Yes, they are yours! Come get them!

https://www.gutenberg.org/

#Ebooks#PublicDomain

I had the honour to be invited by @ZFAVClub to participate in an online live workshop exploring the mighty and wonderful CLI tool of the @internetarchive, in collaboration with @dweb 💕

If you are interested in data preservation and digital commons, please do watch it, as we did our best to shed some light on the most powerful yet little known features of this software.

The #InternetArchive is an invaluable resource for unlimited, public, open, and free storage for the whole Universe. It seems too good to be true, but it is!

We also touched upon the value of #FreeSoftware, #Linux, #decentralization, and #publicDomain.

https://archive.org/details/youtube-8Pr05zlXdlo

#archive#commonGood #librarian #library #hacker #hacking #hackerLibrarian#DWeb#CLI #terminal #tutorial#Python #workshop