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Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026!

#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. From first appearances of yet-to-be-named cartoon stars to landmark films and music, works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be free to reuse.

Enter our film contest, join our events, and have a blast! All the details on our blog ⤵⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomain #event #contest #filmcontest

Colorful montage of works entering the public domain in 2026, including vintage posters, book covers, comic panels, and film stills. Prominent titles shown include All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Crackers, As I Lay Dying, The Little Engine That Could, The Secret of the Old Clock, King of Jazz, The Maltese Falcon, The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Morocco, and Murder at the Vicarage. Music titles such as Georgia on My Mind, I Got Rhythm, and Dream a Little Dream of Me appear, along with early cartoon images of characters who would later become Betty Boop and Disney’s Pluto. The collage highlights iconic literature, films, music, and comics transitioning into the public domain. Poster for the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest, featuring the "Lockette," a cartoon character with an open lock, seated in a director's chair, legs crossed, and holding a megaphone. Projected on a screen to her right is a frame from the 1930 film "King of Jazz". Illustrated by Freya Morgan. 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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How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages? This interactive display of the Dutch web offers a new approach.

@internetarchiveeurope@toot.community partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to create a navigable web mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice.

As @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org says: “The idea is to be able to show and play with the breadth that people have accomplished and the depth that we have all built together”

https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/fun-library-kiosk-and-novel-web-based-display-of-millions-of-web-pages/

Screenshot from the Websites of the Netherlands Xmas Edition, with a small Internet Archive Europe logo at the top of a dense photomosaic composed of millions of tiny Dutch website captures. On-screen interface includes a reset button, a Zoom in for more indicator, and a Search field/ Screenshot of the Websites of the Netherlands search interface by Internet Archive Europe. A yellow search bar displays the term “nederlands” with 267 results. Behind it is a grid of archived Dutch websites, each shown as a thumbnail with a play icon indicating interactive exploration.. Screenshot of the Websites of the Netherlands interactive display showing an archived Dutch orchestra website from 2017. The interface includes a large preview of the site, a timeline slider labeled “Archive 2025–2000” with year thumbnails, and Internet Archive branding. The selected site is highlighted within a mosaic of archived webpages.
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⏰⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! 📖📖

THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explains why safeguarding shared cultural material is crucial for creativity, innovation & free expression.

Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance.

📆📆 TODAY, Thursday Dec 18
🕙🕙 10 AM (1 PM ET)
📍📍 Online
🎟🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-the-public-domain-with-james-boyle/

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Promotional graphic for an online book talk about “The Public Domain” by James Boyle. The image includes the book cover, event date and time of December 18th at 10am PT / 1pm ET, and photos of speakers James Boyle and Molly Shaffer Van Houweling. Text notes that the discussion will focus on why protecting cultural commons matters for creativity, free speech, and innovation. Logos for the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom.
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Celebrate vintage winter style with these "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog as snow falls around them.

View more in this holiday collection ⤵⤵️
https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/6/holiday-2025-periodical-art

#HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture

Two vintage "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing who push a wheelbarrow, carry an evergreen wreath, and pull an evergreen tree through snow. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog on a lead as snow falls around them.
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❄❄️ ’Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Line’s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." ❄❄️ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. 🎄🎄

See all the animated sequences ⤵⤵️
https://archive.org/details/sierra-christmas-card-1986

#DigitalArchive #TechHistory #retrocomputing #retrogaming

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It’s the holiday season. Santa Claus is an icon of that history, but he wasn’t always reaching for a soda. 🎅🎅

Covers, ads, and illustrations like these are part of our shared cultural heritage, and their preservation lets us experience not only Christmases past but also the media that shaped them.

Unwrap more vintage Holiday magazine art & more in our collection ⤵⤵️
https://archive.org/details/@iasocial/lists/6/holiday-2025-periodical-art

#HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory

Vintage 1920 advertisement showing Santa Claus reclining against a brick chimney, smoking a cigarette. He wears a red suit and black boots, with a night sky and evergreen branches in the background. A pack of Murad “The Turkish Cigarette” peeks out of his sack of presents with holly and wrapped gifts. Large text at the top reads “MURAD THE TURKISH CIGARETTE,” and smaller text at the bottom reads, “What could you enjoy more this Xmas than Murad?” Radio Magazine cover from December 1924 showing Santa Claus flying a biplane with overlarge radio equipment over a snowy town.
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💥💥 Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on?

Cory Doctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures in blunt terms how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile.

Want more? 🎧🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵⤵️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/enshittification

@AuthorsAlliance@mastodon.social #Enshittification #CoryDoctorow

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"Must-have" Christmas gift of 1983? The Cabbage Patch Kid 🥬🥬 👶👶

It started the holiday trend. Desperate parents camped out & tore through stores, while some greedy Grinches resold the dolls at inflated prices.

This serene Wishbook page belies the holiday chaos.

Browse the full catalog in our collection to see the gift also-rans of 1983 ⤵⤵️
https://archive.org/details/1983-sears-christmas-wishbook-catalog/page/524/mode/2up

A 1983 Sears Wisbook catalog page showing a group of Cabbage Patch Kid dolls with different skin tones, hairstyles, and outfits, along with sample birth certificates and adoption papers. The page also displays accessory sets, including outfits, a yellow baby carrier, and a quilted doll blanket.
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TONIGHT at the Internet Archive: "Bringing Internet Archive Collections to Life" with @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org

In-person & online
https://baychi.org/program/

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⏰⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! 📖📖
PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET examines how scholar-led, non-commercial approaches can transform open access & build equitable publishing futures.
📆📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍📍 Online! FREE!
🎟🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-publishing-beyond-the-market-with-samuel-moore/

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Book cover for "Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons" by Samuel A. Moore, featuring vintage printing blocks arranged in a drawer. A promotional graphic titled “Publishing Beyond the Market.” The top half has a gray textured background with the event title in large white text and a vertical label reading “Book Talk.” To the right is an illustration of a tall, uneven stack of books. The bottom half shows two headshots: on the left, Samuel Moore; on the right, Heather Joseph. Text below reads “with Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph.”