Winners have been announced for this year’s Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Congrats to filmmaker Andrea Hale for her winning submission, “Rhapsody, Reimagined” 🎩🎷👯

This year’s contest received more than 270 submissions from creators worldwide. 🌐

🔗 View “Rhapsody, Reimagined” & all of the winners, honorable mentions, finalists & submissions here ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest

🔗 And thanks to NPR for shining a light on these fantastic creators! ⤵️
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5677702/public-domain-2026-remix-contest-internet-archive-1930

#publicdomain

TONIGHT! FREE!
📡 #LIVESTREAM: 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening 📡

Watch the winning films and honorable mentions - airing live from the Internet Archive!

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 7:00–8:00 PM PT
📍ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/livestream-2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest-screening/

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #livenow

📢 NEW #LIVESTREAM EVENT TOMORROW! 📡

Watch the winning films & honorable mentions from the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest - live from the @internetarchive!

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 7:00–8:00 PM PT
📍ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/livestream-2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest-screening/

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #livenow

📢 NEW #LIVESTREAM EVENT TOMORROW! 📡

Watch the winning films & honorable mentions from the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest - live from the @internetarchive!

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 7:00–8:00 PM PT
📍ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/livestream-2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest-screening/

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #livenow

🕵️ TOMORROW! Crack open the case as newly liberated books, films & music enter the #publicdomain.

From Betty Boop & Pluto’s debut to “Georgia on My Mind” & King of Jazz, join us online for talks, clips & conversation with artists, librarians & scholars.

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕙 10:00 AM PT / 🕐 1 PM ET
📍VIRTUAL
🎟️ FREE ⤵️ https://blog.archive.org/event/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright-virtual-public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomainDay

TOMORROW! It's a glamorous night of film, fun & public domain magic at the @internetarchive.

🎬 We’re premiering the winning films & honorable mentions from the 2026 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest, celebrating newly liberated creative works remixed into brand-new cinema.

📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 6:00–10:00 PM PT
📍300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ $15 ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/event/2026-public-domain-film-remix-screening-party/

#publicdomain #publicDomainDay #sfevents

@ajroach42 @gwennienv

Andrew, You should put my movie on New Ellijay TV. It's called "A Public Domain Picture" and it has big stars like Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, and Bing Crosby in it.

https://archive.org/details/pdshort

Yep, it's public domain.

Thanks

#movies #shorts #PublicDomain #1930 #PublicDomainDay

I had some technical issues, so I presented using a pdf on one laptop and speakers on my personal laptop.

Not my best performance, but I hope /assume it got the message across. It was a lovely event & I learned quite a few new things about the #PublicDomain

In case you want to see more of my hobby with (mostly) Public Domain and/or Creative Commons licensed footage and sound tinkering:

https://makertube.net/c/musicamatica_channel/videos

#DIY #Jamuary #Music #HappyAccidents #BobRoss #Video #CreativeCommons

FYI I gave a presentation in Brussels last week at the European #PublicDomain Day 2026.

It's a more personal story than I usually do, about how easy it is to get lost in all the import advocacy work. Almost forgetting why you started to work on them in the first place. It is also a call to action, for people to enjoy the Public Domain & to use it to create new art. And for institutions to enable this. Especially in these, difficult, volatile times:

https://vimeo.com/showcase/epdd26?video=1155004418

#Video #EPPD26

#AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur "every AI-created work is in the #publicdomain means that if Getty or Disney or Universal or Hearst newspapers use AI to generate works – then anyone else can take those works, copy them, sell them or give them away for nothing. " yup #copyright

From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).

Source: The Walters Art Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f

#panchatantra #persia #lions #animals #water #iran #rabbits #hills #hares #trees #fables #art #publicdomain

From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).

Source: The Walters Art Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f

#panchatantra #persia #lions #animals #water #iran #rabbits #hills #hares #trees #fables #art #publicdomain

Gelukkige 25e verjaardag, Wikipedia! Wat een prachtige, toevallige dag om dit te vieren met de Europese Dag van het Publieke Domein in Brussel. #EPDD26 #publicdomain https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2026/01/15/video-25-jaar-wikipedia-medewerkers?autoplay=true

25 years of humanity at its best

Join us in celebrating Wikipedia’s birthday. via @wikimediafoundation

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/?utm_campaign=wp25cn&utm_source=wp25cnout&utm_medium=out

#publicdomain #culture

🎊 Celebrate Public Domain Day with us online January 21! Our virtual event brings together artists, librarians, scholars, & creators to explore what happens when culture becomes free again.

Along the way, we’ll revisit iconic characters & stories from 1930 now in the #publicdomain.

🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright-virtual-public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomainDay

25 years of humanity at its best

Join us in celebrating Wikipedia’s birthday. via @wikimediafoundation

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/?utm_campaign=wp25cn&utm_source=wp25cnout&utm_medium=out

#publicdomain #culture

Bob Stein presents the Tapestry project at European Public Domain Day in Brussels at the National Library and later today will give a workshop about how to use this technology which brings collections to life. #EPDD26 #publicdomain #tapestry