Brutkey

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹🌹💀💀 https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

🎬🎬 Filmmakers! ⏰⏰ ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT to enter the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest!

🎥🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930 🎼🎼🎶🎶🎭🎭📚📚

📆📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰💰 First prize: $1,500
🔗🔗 Details 👉👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest

#publicdomain #contest #filmmaking

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.
internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

🎉🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, MURDER! (1930) 🔍🔍🪒🪒

🎬🎬 Alfred Hitchcock’s early sound thriller stands out for its innovative use of audio, especially the famous shaving scene, where a juror’s inner monologue unfolds aloud & changes the course of the case.

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

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:

💄💄 Dizzy Dishes, the first appearance of Betty Boop
🔍🔍 The first 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🤡🤡 Animal Crackers
🎩🎩 Morocco
🍑🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!

🎥🎥 Creators: Enter the Public Domain Film Remix Contest
💻💻️ Virtual Party: Jan 21st @ 10am PT
🎟🎟️ Film Screening: Jan 21st @ 6pm PT
Learn more: https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.
internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest/

Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, MOROCCO (1930) 🎩🎩

🎥🎥 Marlene Dietrich was bending the rules as she pleased. See her iconic suit & daring kiss in this pre-Code classic. 🌸🌸💋💋

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

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, STRONG POISON (1930) ☠☠️

📚📚 With a cover like this, how could we not be intrigued? Read the first story starring Harriet Vane as she stands trial for poisoning her lover & meets Lord Peter Wimsey.

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

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, AS I LAY DYING (1930) 📖📖

🧠🧠 William Faulkner’s groundbreaking modernist novel uses multiple narrators & stream-of-consciousness storytelling to reshape American literature.

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

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) 🎖🎖️

🎬🎬 The third film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards is a realistic look at the First World War. Experience the first filmed adaptation now in the public domain.

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

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, GEORGIA ON MY MIND (1930) 🎶🎶

The song that captured hearts & became a state anthem in 1979—and now, in 2026, it belongs to everyone.

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

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄❄️

🐧🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻🐻❄❄️

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

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree