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#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 days ago

Libraries bring people together—online and in person 📚🎬

These photos by Mia Terracotta capture the fun at the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening & Party held at the @internetarchive 🏛️

Missed it? 📡 Watch the recorded livestream ⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9Xc-D5U-8

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Speakeasy to Me performing in front of the Internet Archive on Jan 21st, 2026. Photo by Mia Terracotta.

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 3 days ago

Congrats to "HOW’S THE PLAY GOING?" by Noel David Taylor, an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

An absurd comedy with the main character lost in time, disjointed in settings & confused by their surroundings, mirroring that strange moment when you realize you haven’t been paying attention to the film at all.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/hows_the_play

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#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree #animation

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 4 days ago

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLESTICKS (1930)! 🐸🎶

🎬 Meet Flip the Frog in his very first cartoon—created by animator Ub Iwerks, who previously animated STEAMBOAT WILLIE and later formed his own studio. Originally produced in a two-color Harriscolor process, the short circulated in black & white in the U.S.

Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/Fiddlesticks1930UbIwerks

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 7 days ago

Welcome to the Public Domain, MY PAL PAUL (1930) 🎷🐰

🎶 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit swings alongside a caricature of bandleader Paul Whiteman in this cartoon tie-in for the King of Jazz (also now in the #publicdomain), featuring music featured in the film.

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive: 2026

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · last week

Congrats "FARINA & THE PERPETUAL SHINE MACHINE" by Ralphie Wilson Third Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥉

Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life. Archival sourcing, intercutting of uplifting & uneasy imagery, and the Hall-Johnson Choir’s spiritual score evoke reflection: “Unease follows.”

A thoughtful exploration of fraught history.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/public-domain-project-2026

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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · last week

Congrats “BATTLE LINES ” by Jen Zhao & Aaron Sharp ⚔️🎨 Second Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥈

A tongue-in-cheek doc(mock)umentary tracking the rivalry between Piet Mondrian & Theo van Doesburg over the diagonal line. 22 archival works, Coco Chanel costumes, and perfectly pitched narration.

Masterful editing of inspired sources… sends viewers to research further.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/20260108_20260108_0507

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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · last week

🎤 When songs enter the public domain, they don’t just get older—they get new lives. 🎶

For Public Domain Day 2026, musician Stephanie Woodford gave three newly public-domain classics a fresh voice by writing new lyrics, reimagined for today. It's a striking example of how timeless songs continue to evolve and find new audiences.

Learn more ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/27/timeless-songs-fresh-lyrics-musician-stephanie-woodford-reimagines-the-public-domain/

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Timeless Songs, Fresh Lyrics: Musician Stephanie Woodford Reinterprets the Public Domain

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · last week

Congrats “RHAPSODY, REIMAGINED” by Andrea Hale 🎶 First Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥇

A dazzling reimagining of King of Jazz (1930) set to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Treating image as modular rather than linear, Hale builds a kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, and deco sherbet-colored office scenes!

A fabulously fun, rhythm-driven triumph of archival remix.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/rhapsody-reimagined

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#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #film @internetarchive

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

If you missed our 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening #livestream on Wednesday night, you can still catch the full celebration on YouTube! 🎬

🥇🥈🥉 Prize Winners!
🏅Honorable mentions!
🎉 And more!

See it here ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/live/ol9Xc-D5U-8

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #film @internetarchive

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

If you missed our 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening #livestream on Wednesday night, you can still catch the full celebration on YouTube! 🎬

🥇🥈🥉 Prize Winners!
🏅Honorable mentions!
🎉 And more!

See it here ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/live/ol9Xc-D5U-8

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the public domain, THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN (1930), Nancy Drew’s fourth and final adventure of her debut year 🏨

👧 With this fourth novel now open for everyone to read, we can officially call Nancy’s 1930 inaugural cases closed.

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python

Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive: 2026

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@paulox@fosstodon.org · last month

I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚

“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️

See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026

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Various electronic devices showing the same ebook on the screen.

Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog

Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!

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#publicdomain #publicdomainday #publicradio

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

🎙️Thanks to All Things Considered & NPR for highlighting the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest!

🎧 Listen to the item on #NPR here ⤵️
https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5677702/nx-s1-9618889

Screenshot of an NPR KQED webpage for All Things Considered. The headline reads, ‘Public domain contest challenges filmmakers to remix Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more.’ The article is dated January 21, 2026, credited to Chloe Veltman, and includes a blue button labeled ‘4-Minute Listen.’

#publicdomain #publicdomainday #publicradio

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

🎙️Thanks to All Things Considered & NPR for highlighting the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest!

🎧 Listen to the item on #NPR here ⤵️
https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5677702/nx-s1-9618889

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#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree #CreativeCommons

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

🎬 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO!

We roll out the red carpet at the @internetarchive 📽️🍿for a screening of winning films from the Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest, + drinks, music & mingling with filmmakers 🎶🍸

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

Poster for the Internet Archive's Public Domain Film Remix Screening & Party on January 21, 2026, from 6–10PM at the Internet Archive, San Francisco. Tickets are $15. Features the "Lockette," a cartoon character with an open lock, seated in a director's chair, legs crossed, and holding a megaphone. To her right is a movie screen from which the text emerges. Illustrated by Freya Morgan.

2026 Public Domain Film Remix Screening & Party

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree #CreativeCommons

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

🎬 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO!

We roll out the red carpet at the @internetarchive 📽️🍿for a screening of winning films from the Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest, + drinks, music & mingling with filmmakers 🎶🍸

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

2026 Public Domain Film Remix Screening & Party

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #livenow

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

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/

Poster for the Internet Archive's Public Domain Film Remix Screening & Party Livestream, from 7–8 PM from the Internet Archive. Features the "Lockette," a cartoon character with an open lock, seated in a director's chair, legs crossed, and holding a megaphone. To her right is a movie screen from which the text emerges. Illustrated by Freya Morgan. At the top of the image is the text "Wednesday Night!"

LIVESTREAM: 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 2 weeks ago

🕵️ TODAY! There's still time to sign up and crack The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.

Join us for a #Livestream event as beloved sleuths & unforgettable stories slip back into the hands of the public!

📅 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 @livenow

A noir-style illustrated poster titled “The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Lockette—a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlock—cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: “Public Domain Day 2026” and “Jan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan.