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Internet Archive Canada

@internetarcCA

Kicking off now for #PrivacyWeek, live from @internetarcCA HQ in Vancouver “A Conversation on Privacy & Public Space” by our friends at @OpenMediaOrg Tune in! youtu.be/6aB5dXv35pE

We fixed some issues with our GifCities service that were impacting some users. Now get back to enjoying some old-school Geocities GIFs! Gifcities.org

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Interlibrary loan is a library superpower! LIBRARIANS: Now that the semester is picking up, make sure that you're including IAILL in your

@OCLC

resource sharing network. Fact sheet, tips & shareable docs with more info at: blog.archive.org/2022/11/20/tip

Jan 25

Most documentary films have microbudgets & licensing compositions recorded in the background of live events can break the budget. So how do creators adapt? The public domain, of course! Hear from Loralee Sundra of

@UCLA_Law

's Documentary Film Legal Clinic: archive.org/details/public

Screenshot of Loralee Sundra's presentation, Public Domain to the Rescue!

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Jan 24

Thank you for highlighting an important best practice,

@pbump

! For a persistent citation, archive the footnote in the

& then link to the archived page. #FightLinkRot

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Philip Bump

@pbump

Jan 24

One other thought: I tried to be conscientious about preserving the information I used for the book. So every footnote has a shortened bit.ly link that points to a capture of the page at the @internetarchive. Taking a stand against link rot, our collective foe.

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Test Its New Beta Chooser and Legal Developer Docs #10YearsAfter aaronswartzday.org/help-creative-

Coil

@Coil

Jan 23

Last week, Coil hosted a YouTube live with

Coil x Internet Archive: Can Big Tech and Big Content Deliver a Sustainable Creative Ecosystem?

During the hour-long session, journalist

@BradStone

, author of The Everything Store & Amazon Unbound, interviewed

@doctorow

@rgibli

, authors of Chokepoint Capitalism 👂the full recording👇

contenthub.coil.com

On January 19th, Coil hosted a YouTube Live conversation in collaboration with Internet Archive. Listen in as authors of Chokepoint Capitalism, Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin, join journalist Brad...

Lost Media: Finding Bill Clinton's "Boxers or Briefs" MTV Moment - Waxy.org

Replying to

Found it!

Was video of Bill Clinton's famous "boxers or briefs" MTV interview question from 1994 purged from the internet? Or is 30-year-old media just hard to find?

Public Domain Day 2023: The Best Things in Life are Free : Internet...

Jan 23

And don't forget to watch all of last week's Public Domain Day celebration, online now:

archive.org

The moon belongs to everyone, so says the 1927 hit musical composition, “The Best Things In Life Are Free.” We agree! In January of 2023, a treasure trove...

If you want to learn more about the #publicdomain, check out "Why the Public Domain Matters" from Duke's Center for the Public Domain (

@DukeCSPD

): web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom

What about other government publications? Yes, those, too! Hear from

@brewster_kahle

@JustJamieJoyce

about how gov docs & other data are being mobilized for broad use in Democracy's Library: archive.org/details/public

Space nerds rejoice! As

@M_F_Rose

highlighted during last week's Public Domain Day celebration, NASA images, like these 2022 shots from the James Webb Space Telescope (

@NASAWebb

), are in the public domain. Listen to her remarks at archive.org/details/public

A reminder that the public domain contains more than just old stuff from the 1920's & earlier. Like what, you ask? Well, did you hear that musician & satirist Tom Lehrer just put his songs into the public domain? openculture.com/2022/12/tom-le But that's not all...

openculture.com

Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time)

Deck the halls with hunks of holly / Fill the cup and don't say 'when.'' So sings musical satirist Tom Lehrer on his hit 1959 album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer — which was recorded in March of...

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Just found out that

has a Winamp option for their player. What a time to be alive.

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Coming in third place in our Public Domain Film Remix Contest is 'Seeing Cats' by Alex T. Jacobs. Sources: archive.org/details/seeing Watch all the winners and honorable mentions at: blog.archive.org/2023/01/21/pub

At last night’s #publicdomainday2023 party: 🎾 servers from 1927 meet 💻servers from 2023. All in the name of Universal Access to all Knowledge.

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The Public Domain Race : José Domingues e Leonardo Domingues : Free...

'The Public Domain Race' takes 2nd place in our Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Check out all the winners and honorable mentions at blog.archive.org/2023/01/21/pub 📽️ ⤵️

archive.org

“THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RACE” was created as part of Internet Archives Public Domain Remix 2023 in recognition and celebration of public domain day...

In 1927 the Oscars began… In 2023…the Brewster. #PublicDomainDay2023

Public Domain Day Film Contest Highlights Works of 1927 - Internet Archive Blogs

Check out all the winners and honorable mentions ⤵️

blog.archive.org

At Internet Archive we love to see how creative people can get with the material we make available online. As part of this year’s Public Domain Day celebration we asked the greater community to...

Watch "Echo Echo" by Gnats Gonzalez:

AND THE WINNER IS...'Echo Echo' by Gnats Gonzales! Congrats to Gnats Gonzales for placing first in this year's Public Domain Film Remix Contest. Sources: archive.org/details/echo-e View all the winners & honorable mentions in our latest blog post: blog.archive.org/2023/01/21/pub

Why does the

exist? Because “the best things in life are free!” #PublicDomainDay2023

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And the Brewster goes to…. Gnats Gonzalez. #PublicDomainDay2023

2nd Place: #publicDomainDay2023

For the First Time on any stage…⁦

@LibraryFutures

⁩ ⁦

@little_wow

⁩ with “The Brewster” awarded to the winners of our film remix contest. And the winner is….#publicdomainday2023

Film historian Rob Byrne explains on 15% of films made before 1930 have survived. The other 85%? Not a frame survives. Access drives preservation, one reason the #PublicDomain is so important.

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What happened in 1927 cinema?? The advent of talking films. Film historian Rob Byrne is on the

stage now walking us thru the golden age of cinema…now in the #PublicDomain. Rush in down to our headquarters for the party.

SPARC

@SPARC_NA

We have highlights from last night's #PublicDomain Day celebration with

Public Domain Day Festivities Draw Global Audience of Enthusiasts - SPARC

! Among the speakers, SPARC's own

@nshockey

sharing the good news about the default to open for all publicly funded research & the federal #YearofOpenScience in 2023.

sparcopen.org

🎩 💃We're getting our feathers, bowties & beaded headbands ready for TONIGHT at 6 PM: costumed or not, won't you come to our "Best Things in Life are Free" Party celebrating the 1927 media now in the #PublicDomain. Dance, Sing, Watch Films, Eat, Drink! eventbrite.com/e/public-domai

Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell

@thetomska

Can't express how happy I am about this. When I made my 'TomSka Iceberg' video (youtu.be/zZ7pBUHQ0us) I put this at the very bottom because I deemed it well and truly lost forever. God bless (and maybe donate to)

Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell

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Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug

Lost media found! The first animation I ever published online is viewable for the first time in 19 excruciating years. Also, how dare you, I would never reuse a joke. twitter.com/MonSindex/stat…

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From

, in Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug: "Supported by authors, libraries, and scholars, the Internet Archive has explained that CDL is a lawful fair use that serves copyright’s ultimate purpose: enriching our common culture."

eff.org

Lawyers, scholars, and activists, including EFF, often highlight Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230 (originally of the Communications Decency Act) as the legal

If you weren't able to join yesterday's Public Domain Day virtual celebration, the recording is now available - mailchi.mp/0245e50dd6b1/e

Looking for something to do in #SanFrancisco tonight? Come to the

& party like it's 1927! We're hosting a screening party for our Film Remix contest, plus a dance party & costume contest: ⏰ 6pm 📍 300 Funston Avenue 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/public-domai

The Best Things in Life are Free
Public Domain Day
January 20, 2023
6pm at 300 Funston Avenue
In San Francisco

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We still have seats available for tomorrow's IN-PERSON #PublicDomainDay Screening Party! Walk the red carpet to watch our Film Remix Contest 🎞️ winning entries, with 🍿 & 🍦 Reserve your spot now: eventbrite.com/e/public-domai

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If you read today's

newsletter, came to the bit about a

@DaveMinCA

attack ad on

@katieporteroc

from 2018, but you couldn't watch it because it was "removed by the uploader," it's still available courtesy of the indispensable

web.archive.org/web/2022030801

Bill Adair

@BillAdairDuke

We don’t say this enough: The

is an amazing resource for journalists. I just went to look up an original web page I’d visited a few months ago – gone! Fortunately I quickly found it on the Wayback Machine.

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📣 HAPPENING NOW: youtube.com/watch?v=gk8WrN Can Big Tech and Big Content deliver a sustainable creative ecosystem? Join

@bradstone

for a special YouTube Live with Chokepoint Capitalism authors

, hosted by

youtube.com/watch?v=gk8WrN

Maria Robertson

@stupidgirl_no1

Some amazing costumes at this #PublicDomainDay party! 👌

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HAPPENING NOW: THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, celebrating the #publicdomain. Join us

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AFP Factuel

@AfpFactuel

Il vous est peut-être déjà arrivé d’aller sur une page web qui a disparu. Parfois, il est possible de la retrouver grâce à des sites spécialisés dans l’archivage comme

. Explications ⬇️ #AFP

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