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💘Whether yearning or in love, vintage Valentine’s art shows how 💞 were shared.

Charming & sweet, this collection of cards, covers, magazines & books from the past, are preserved for new generations to fall in love with 💌

Revel in the romance ➡️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/13/valentines-2026

Cover illustration of John Martin's Book, The Child's Magazine, showing rabbits with instruments against a heart-patterned backdrop.
Vintage illustrated postcard titled “Valentine Mine,” showing a couple in early 20th-century clothing sitting on a bench by the water at sunset. The man has his arm around the woman as they look out toward sailboats on the horizon. The caption reads, “One likes to be alone.”

Vintage illustrated postcard titled “Valentine Mine,” showing a couple in early 20th-century clothing sitting on a bench by the water at sunset. The man has his arm around the woman as they look out toward sailboats on the horizon. The caption reads, “One likes to be alone.”
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🌹 Roses are red
🍬 Candy is sweet
💖 GifGrams are fun
📨 Sharing's a treat

Send your own holiday GifGram made from vintage GeoCities GIFs to someone you adore.

Make your own here ➡️ https://gifcities.org/gram/
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📣 Co-create the 2026 in Berlin! 🏕️

Join the Unconference + Meetup in exploring decentralization & the future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺

On Feb 28, 2026, the community gathers at @cbase in Berlin for a free DWeb Camp Unconference (day) & Meetup (evening) with an in-person fireside chat with @brewsterkahle .

🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by @internetarchiveeurope , @dweb , and the Department of Decentralization.

Photo of Brewster Kahle speaking.
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The Winter continue! ⛷️

🏂 Celebrate gaming history by revisiting 1985’s "Winter Games" from our classic software collection ❄️

💾 is how we go for the Gold! 🥇

🕹️ Play it on your favorite vintage platform ⤵️
https://archive.org/search?query=winter+games&and%5B%5D=mediatype:%22software%22

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Congrats to "THE REALITY ENGINEER" by Konstantin, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A comedic short about a scientist who attempts to improve human life by altering reality, only to find that each well-intentioned fix deepens the chaos.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-reality-engineer

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🎉 Celebrate World Radio Day! 🎙️

Tune into college & community radio history, from vintage playlists to searchable transcripts of historic broadcasts.

Observed every Feb 13 since UNESCO’s 2011 proclamation, 2026 highlights “radio and artificial intelligence” 🧠📻

DLARC College Radio brings this to life with 1980s playlists, zines, flyers, stickers, and materials from stations across the U.S. and Canada 🎶

It’s all in our blog ⬇️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/13/Tuning_in_to_College_Radio_Materials_on_World_Radio_Day_2026

Airplay list from UC Berkeley’s college radio station KALX-FM from 1982. Source: DLARC College Radio (donated by Get Smart!) is a red sheet listing music charts and top albums from June 11, 1982.
Cover of the Spring 1983 joint program guide produced by the Cleveland College Radio Coalition. Source: DLARC College Radio (donated by Mary Cipriani), featuring a black-and-white cover titled “College Radio Coalition Joint Program Guide.” It shows a small screen displaying radio frequency numbers having been sliced like a loaf of bread.
Black and white cover of ‘Static’ ‘zine from Barnard College radio station WBAR, promoting shows, reviews, and music for Spring 2000, with a collage and radio frequency details, surrounding an old-fashioned TV dinner that contains a human eye.

Black and white cover of ‘Static’ ‘zine from Barnard College radio station WBAR, promoting shows, reviews, and music for Spring 2000, with a collage and radio frequency details, surrounding an old-fashioned TV dinner that contains a human eye.
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2️⃣/5️⃣ Commemorated every Feb 13 since UNESCO’s 2011 proclamation, World Radio Day 2026 spotlights “radio and artificial intelligence,” including how AI-generated transcription can unlock decades of archived broadcasts. 📻

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4️⃣/5️⃣ Newly digitized collections include playlists saved by the band Get Smart!, materials from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition and WBGU-FM, and decades of KVRX-FM history from 1986 to 2025. 🗂️

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5️⃣/5️⃣ Select recordings now feature AI-generated transcripts, making interviews, oral histories, and radio shows searchable and readable. 🎧📝

Tune in for the full story ⬇️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/13/Tuning_in_to_College_Radio_Materials_on_World_Radio_Day_2026

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3️⃣/5️⃣ The Internet Archive’s DLARC College Radio collection brings that to life with 1980s paper playlists, airplay reports, zines, flyers, stickers, and materials from stations across the U.S. and Canada. 🎶🌈

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🎙️ Have you heard Future Knowledge?

This from the Internet Archive ( @internetarchive ) and Authors Alliance ( @AuthorsAlliance ) explores how knowledge is created, shared, and preserved in the digital age.

Listen & subscribe ⤵️ Over 20 episodes out now!
🎧 https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm

A collage of 16 covers titled "Future Knowledge," each featuring different people and episode topics related to technology, information, and society.
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🖤 It’s Friday the 13th, the kind of day that makes some of us knock on wood, sidestep ladders 🪜, and watch out for black cats 🐈‍⬛

🔮 Preserving cultural artifacts shows how people have made sense of chance & misfortune.

Lucky you 🍀, a Friday the 13th collection awaits ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/14/friday-the-13th%2C-2026

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, BLONDIE (1930) 💄📰

👒 Before suburban life with Dagwood, Blondie debuted as a carefree flapper in Chic Young’s comic strip. Her early adventures focused on attempts to win the blessing of Dagwood's snooty, rich family, a far cry from the domestic icon she’d later become.

Blondie’s maiden name, Boopadoop, nods to the “boop-a-doop” singing fad of the 1920s–’30s.🎶

Read all the 1930 Blondie dailies ➡️ https://archive.org/details/blondie-1930

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Hernando Colón wanted to build a library containing everything ever printed. 📚

Hear Edward Wilson-Lee, author of THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS, in conversation with Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge , exploring Colón’s epic quest for knowledge.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-catalogue-of-shipwrecked-books

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📚 How do our searches shape who we are, and who profits?

Join Vauhini Vara, award-winning tech journalist and author, for a LIVE podcast recording and on SEARCHES, co-hosted by Luca Messarra.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10am PT / 1pm ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

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Promotional graphic for an online book talk titled Searches. The layout features muted gray and cream tones with collage-style images. Text reads: “Book Talk. February 26th, 10am PT / 1pm ET. Online.” It invites viewers to join a conversation with author Vauhini Vara about her book Searches, in conversation with Luca Messarra, exploring how technology fulfills and exploits human desires for understanding and connection. The left side includes two portrait photos of the speakers and an illustration of a stack of books.
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🏈🏆 The champions change. So do their websites.

From early HTML to modern redesigns, the @WaybackMachine preserves the digital playbook of champions, decades of archived team sites, including the Seattle Seahawks. 🏟️

Run the archive ➡️ https://web.archive.org

@internetarchive

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Now" and "SEAHAWKS.COM". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the Seattle Seahawks website from October 31, 2001, alongside one from February 9, 2026.
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Congrats to "GEORGIA" by Javier Estella, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A letter to the mother who is no longer here & left too soon. Based on a fragment of a home movie filmed in Georgia in 1930, accompanied by a cover of the 1930 composition "Georgia on My Mind," recorded for this piece.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/georgia_202601

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The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!

🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.

Watch the full recording ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright

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Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.

That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the .

Internet history is stranger—and more fragile—than it looks.

Read more 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/depths-of-wikipedia-creator-annie-rauwerda-on-fragile-internet-citations/

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Congrats to THE BOOTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Thomas Biamonte,
Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

This anti-war short draws from 1930 Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front, paired with a reading of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem “Boots.”

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/all-quiet

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⏰ TOMORROW ⏰

Join us for a Future Knowledge recording: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS.

It's a timely conversation cutting through AI hype and policy myths—captured live, focused on evidence, accountability, and real-world impact.

📆 Tues Feb 10
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online event
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-ai-tools-not-gods/

Co-hosted by @internetarchive & @AuthorsAlliance .

Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text.
Red promotional graphic titled “AI Tools, Not Gods – Book Talk.” The layout is a grid with two portrait photos of speakers, stacks of books, and bold red blocks. Text reads “with Caroline De Cock & Glyn Moody.” The overall design uses red, white, and gray tones.

Red promotional graphic titled “AI Tools, Not Gods – Book Talk.” The layout is a grid with two portrait photos of speakers, stacks of books, and bold red blocks. Text reads “with Caroline De Cock & Glyn Moody.” The overall design uses red, white, and gray tones.
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Waiting for kickoff… ⏳🏈

Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.

You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬

📋 Call the plays & try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️

Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ https://archive.org/details/FOOTFW

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)

🎤 Buster Keaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the famous Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of "You Never Did That Before" with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards—the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/doughboys_1930

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🎙️ Join us for FUTURE KNOWLEDGE LIVE RECORDING: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS

Featuring Caroline De Cock, LL.M., Head of Research at information labs & a leading voice on digital rights, AI governance, and technology policy. A clear-eyed look at how AI narratives influence real laws.

📆 Tues Feb 10
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online event
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-ai-tools-not-gods/

Co-hosted by @internetarchive & @AuthorsAlliance .

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Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text.
Red event flyer with white text announcing an online talk on February 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Text reads: “AI isn’t magic—it’s tools we build and govern. Join author Caroline de Cock for a talk on cutting AI hype, exposing myths & shaping policy, with Glyn Moody (Walled Culture).” Authors Alliance logos appear at the bottom, with an illustration of stacked books on the right.

Red event flyer with white text announcing an online talk on February 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Text reads: “AI isn’t magic—it’s tools we build and govern. Join author Caroline de Cock for a talk on cutting AI hype, exposing myths & shaping policy, with Glyn Moody (Walled Culture).” Authors Alliance logos appear at the bottom, with an illustration of stacked books on the right.
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Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME REIMAGINED" by Talissa Mehringer, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A short music-film remix celebrating 1930s choreography, lavish sets, and the versatility of early screen performers.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/dream-a-little-dream-of-me-reimagined-talissa-mehringer-2026

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We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress. The free plugin preserves pages, redirects broken links to archived versions, and helps ensure the web keeps its memory.

“It’s very important that websites have a memory," said Alexander Rose of Automattic. "When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI,”

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/inside-the-new-wayback-machine-plugin-for-wordpress/

Logos of Internet Archive Wayback Machine and Automattic with a plus sign between them, indicating a partnership or collaboration on a blue background.
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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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🎉 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

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Volunteer from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.

Learn more about the collection ➡️ https://blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a-community-curated-nancy-drew-collection/

Gallery of dust jacket art for the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books, published in 1930.
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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 ), featuring music featured in the film.

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

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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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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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🎤 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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The internet's memory isn’t a cloud—it's heat & hard drives 💽⚡

A comprehensive engineering teardown of the Internet Archive, and how it preserves the web at planetary scale 🛠️🌍

Learn more ➡️ https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting

The Internet Archive headquarters: a large white neoclassical building with columns, stands on a street corner in San Francisco.
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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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Join the Internet Archive & partners for PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY 🏛️

📚 This introduces the growing international movement to ensure libraries & other memory institutions have the same rights online they’ve long held in the physical world. 🌐

📆 Jan 27
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/protect-our-future-memory-join-the-call-for-library-digital-rights/

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Announcing the Winners of the 2026 Internet Archive Public Domain Film Remix Contest! 🎬

🥇 FIRST PLACE: “Rhapsody, Reimagined” by Andrea Hale

A fabulously fun use of archival footage – an aesthetic triumph.

🥈 SECOND PLACE: “Battle Lines” – Jen Zhao & Aaron Sharp
Masterful editing of inspired sources.

🥉 THIRD PLACE: “Farina & The Perpetual Shine Machine” – Ralphie Wilson
A thoughtful exploration of fraught history.

Watch them here ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/21

Frame from Jen Zhao and Aaron Sharp's 2nd place winning film, "Battle Lines," featuring a man with a stunned appearance, where the frame is split along the diagonal.
Black-and-white film still of Allen “Farina” Hoskins wearing a striped shirt, looking down at his hand with a serious expression. Blurred figures are visible in the background.

Black-and-white film still of Allen “Farina” Hoskins wearing a striped shirt, looking down at his hand with a serious expression. Blurred figures are visible in the background.
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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/

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

🎧 Listen to the item on 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.’
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Before the Hays Code slammed the door, Hollywood told bolder stories. Morocco (1930), now in the public domain, preserves a fleeting vision of a Hollywood before the hammer of the censor fell.

Learn why pre-Code films still matter ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/20/in-praise-of-pre-hays-morocco-and-the-public-domain/

Split image: movie poster for "Morocco" with illustrated images of stars Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich on the left; on the right, a black-and-white film scene with Dietrich wearing a tuxedo seated on a rail before an audience.
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🏛️ What rights must libraries have online? 🏛️

Join the conversation at PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY, a webinar introducing a global movement for digital access & preservation.

Hosted by the Internet Archive & partners.

📆 Tues, Jan 27
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/protect-our-future-memory-join-the-call-for-library-digital-rights/

The words "OUR FUTURE MEMORY" are in large bold letters, filled with a collage of various images, on a plain white background.
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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

Screenshot of an NPR article titled "Public domain contest challenges filmmakers to remix Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more," featuring a still from the 1930 film King of Jazz.
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TONIGHT! FREE!
📡 : 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!"
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🕵️ TODAY! There's still time to sign up and crack The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.

Join us for a 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/

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

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/

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. Text to the right reads "Tomorrow! Online Celebration! Watch Worldwide!"
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JUST ADDED: Can't make it to the Internet Archive for our Public Domain Film Remix Contest screening party? Join the LIVESTREAM to watch the winning films and honorable mentions!

LIVE from the Internet Archive
January 21 @ 7pm PT
Register: https://blog.archive.org/event/livestream-2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest-screening/

Public Domain Film Remix Screening & Party January 21 @ 7pm PT
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Welcome to the public domain, THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY (1930), where Nancy tackles her third literary investigation 🏠

🔎 The case comes together in this classic Nancy Drew tale, now free for everyone.

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

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🎊 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 .

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

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.
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